Ysengrimus : : Text with Translations, Commentary and Introduction / / J. Mann.

• Superior document: Mittellateinische Studien und Texte ; 12
• VerfasserIn: Mann, J.,
• TeilnehmendeR: Mann, Jill.
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden; , Boston : : Brill,, 1987.
• Year of Publication: 1987
• Language: English
• Series: Mittellateinische Studien und Texte ; 12.; Mittellateinische Studien und Texte Online.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource.
• Notes: English and Latin.

The Ysengrimus is the first fully-fledged medieval beast-epic, and the poem in which Reynard the Fox makes his first appearance on the stage of world literature. It thus occupies a key position in the long and fertile tradition of medieval beast-literature, but it also claims attention as a masterpiece in its own right, the work of one of the most daring and original satirists of the Middle Ages. Despite its importance, the Ysengrimus has been comparatively neglected because of its linguistic difficulties. Jill Mann eases these difficulties by presenting an English translation alongside the Latin text, and accompanying it with a detailed commentary. A full- length introduction offers an original account of the poem which shows how literary structure and historical dimensions are fused into an original satiric vision of compelling power. This book will not only interest medieval Latin specialists, but will make this major text accessible to those working on the related vernacular traditions. Its analysis of the poem's allusions to contemporary persons and events will also be of considerable interest to historians of twelfth-century Flanders.

Table of Contents

Preliminary Material / Jill Mann -- Preface / Jill Mann -- Summary of the Ysengrimus / Jill Mann -- List of Abbreviations and Short References / Jill Mann -- Map 1. Ghent in the Twelfth Century / Jill Mann -- Map 2. Ecclesiastical Foundations and Diocesan Boundary / Jill Mann -- Introduction / Jill Mann -- Conclusion / Jill Mann -- List of Manuscripts / Jill Mann -- Selective Bibliography / Jill Mann -- Preliminary Observations / Jill Mann -- Liber Primus / Jill Mann -- Liber Secundus / Jill Mann -- Liber Tertius / Jill Mann -- Liber Quartus / Jill Mann -- Liber Quintus / Jill Mann -- Liber Sextus / Jill Mann -- Liber Septimus / Jill Mann -- Index Nominum / Jill Mann -- Index Verborum / Jill Mann -- General Index / Jill Mann.