{"product_id":"9781800348615-roman-de-thfbes-and-the-roman-denea","title":"The Roman de Thèbes and The Roman d'Eneas","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe two romances translated in this volume, the \u003ci\u003eRoman de Thèbes\u003c\/i\u003e and the\u003ci\u003e Roman d’Eneas\u003c\/i\u003e, form, along with the \u003ci\u003eRoman de Troie\u003c\/i\u003e by Benoît de Sainte-Maure, a group of texts that are of considerable importance within French and European literature and culture.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe two romances translated in this volume, the \u003ci\u003eRoman de Thèbes\u003c\/i\u003e and the\u003ci\u003e Roman d’Eneas\u003c\/i\u003e, form, along with the \u003ci\u003eRoman de Troie\u003c\/i\u003e by Benoît de Sainte-Maure, a group of texts that are of considerable importance within French and European literature and culture. Composed between c. 1150 and c. 1165, these romances create a bridge between classical tales (the \u003ci\u003eThèbes\u003c\/i\u003e is based on the \u003ci\u003eThebaid\u003c\/i\u003e of Statius, the \u003ci\u003eEneas\u003c\/i\u003e on the \u003ci\u003eAeneid\u003c\/i\u003e of Virgil) and the burgeoning vernacular romances, represented especially by Chrétien de Troyes. As a group, these three works are frequently known as the romances of antiquity (\u003ci\u003eromans d’antiquité\u003c\/i\u003e) and they introduce into French literature the dominant contemporary themes of chivalry and love. They are set against a feudal and courtly background in which themes such as war, prowess inheritance and the possession of land are crucial. As they adapt their Latin sources, these romances, especially the\u003ci\u003e Eneas\u003c\/i\u003e, exploit the works of Ovid, especially in the presentation of the theme of love,\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eand they also make use of the principles of rhetorical composition as studied in the schools (both romances contain remarkable examples of descriptions of both people and objects).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is the first volume to contain two complete translations of the three romances of antiquity. The translation of the \u003ci\u003eRoman d’Eneas\u003c\/i\u003e is the first English translation of this text since that of John A. Yunck in 1974.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40701057269857,"sku":"9781800348615","price":176.94,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_27671481.jpg?v=1721981911","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781800348615-roman-de-thfbes-and-the-roman-denea","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}