Medieval Imagination:
Questions? Problems?
Broken Links? Contact
Me!
You will find the links to the 4 lais you will need for the
course on the CourseWeb
site
(under “External Links”).
Other Useful
Links (See also the Courtly Love and Chivalry
links
on the Tristan & Iseult Page)
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International Marie de
France Society This official website contains translations of some of Marie's works and related study guides (of mixed value) |
Verse Translations of
some Lais of Marie de France with Notes These are NOT the translations we’ll use in class; however, they may be of interest to you for comparative purposes and for the notes that accompany the lais |
Anglo-Norman
Influences II: The Lais of Marie de France General background to the period and the lais; study
questions on some of the lais |
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Adultery
and Kingship in “Equitan” A scholarly article |
The
Lais of Marie de France Study Guide A useful study guide which asks some good questions |
A short biography and bibliography from the Catholic
Encyclopedia |
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Student
Resources for Marie de France Basic information on this Addison-Wesley-Longman site |
Models
of Knighthood in the Lays of Marie de France Essay on “what the ideal knight should be, and
conversely what qualities are undesirable in chevaliers” in Marie’s
lais |
Empowering
Medieval Women: Aspects of Courtly Love in the Lais of Marie de France An impressive student essay on the ClassicNotes site |
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Portrayals of
Love in Medieval Literature Includes discussion of the backgrounds of Andreas
Capellanus and Marie de France, courtly love, love and suffering, Marie’s lai
of the “Chevrefoil” (Honeysuckle) |
Literary
Encyclopedia’s Article on Marie de France Written by Albrecht Classen, this essay is a good general introduction to Marie and her works. |
Objects,
Possession and Identity in the Lais of Marie de France A 1994 essay which shows how the lais' characters are
described and what this reveals of their world |
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Discusses the lai and concludes that “From her tales we
can define what it is to be part of the genre” |
“Breton lays are nearer than other romances to the
popular beliefs out of which romantic marvels are drawn” |
An exploration of the
identity of the author, including brief summaries of the possibilities |
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The Lyric Lay versus
the Narrative Lay of Marie de France Explores the musicality of the lai |
Dinah Hazell considers the implications of Marie’s
nationality and origins |
The Breton lai from Marie to Chaucer |
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2002, Updated for Spring Term (Jan.-April) 2008, Joanne J. Viano