The Dialogue of Solomon and Marcolf

A Dual-Language Edition from Latin and Middle English Printed Editions

118 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

The two texts of the Dialogue presented here, a Latin version printed ca. 1488 and a Middle English translation printed in 1492, preserve lively, entertaining, and revealing exchanges between the Old Testament wisdom figure Solomon and Marcolf, a medieval peasant who is ragged and foul-mouthed but quick-witted and verbally astute. The Dialogue was a best-seller of its day; Latin versions survive in some twenty-seven manuscripts and forty-nine early printed editions and the work was translated into a wide variety of late medieval vernaculars, including German, Dutch, Swedish, Italian, English, and Welsh.

• Reihe: Medieval Institute Publications
• ISBN: 9781580441803
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 01.11.2012
• Größe: 229 x 153 mm
• Verlag: ISD International - IPSUK
• Herausgegeben von: Scott Bradbury, Nancy Mason Bradbury