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8vo (22.5 cm), folding front., LXXI, 172 pp. Publisher's cloth and dust jacket (price clipped). "Because of its humorous animal portraits and satirical probing of medieval society, Reynard the Fox has remained William Caxton's most popular translation. Although modernizations have been numerous, this is the first fully annotated edition of Caxton's original text. Studies of the continental versions of the Reynard story and of the iconography of the fox in the Middle Ages have proliferated recently; this edition will allow Caxton's contribution in these fields to be evaluated more justly. Reynard the Fox is unique among Caxton's translations in being made from a Dutch printed book and is therefore of the greatest importance in assessing the influence of Dutch on fifteenth-century English and in illuminating the literary relations between England and Burgundy in the late Middle Ages. These and similar problems are discussed by Mr. Blake in the introduction. The text is provided with an extensive glossary." (from the publisher's description). Seller Inventory # 007475
Bibliographic Details
Title: The History of Reynard the Fox: Translated ...
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Publication Date: 1970
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Fine
Dust Jacket Condition: Fine
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