The crowning of Louis: a new metrical translation of the old French verse epic

Le Couronnement De Louis, An Anonymous Work Dating From About 1130 To 1140, Is The Earliest Heroic Epic Of The William Of Orange Cycle And Therefore Lays The Foundation For The Entire Chanson-de-geste Genre. It Tells The Story Of William's Defense Of Louis, Son Of Charlemagne, During His Childhood, And William's Heroic Deeds As He Battles Saracens And Other Villains. This Line-by-line Translation Closely Follows The Original Old French, Capturing The Stylistic Features That Clearly Mark The Poem As Oral Literature. A Discussion Of The Poem's Background And Themes, The William Of Orange Cycle, And The Chanson-de-geste Genre Precedes The Translation.--jacket. The Crowning Of Louis -- Notes To The Translation. Edited And Translated By Nirmal Dass. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 115-116) And Index. vii, 123 pages ; 23 cm "Le Couronnement de Louis, an anonymous work dating from about 1130 to 1140, is the earliest heroic epic of the William of Orange cycle and therefore lays the foundation for the entire chanson-de-geste genre. It tells the story of William's defense of Louis, son of Charlemagne, during his childhood, and William's heroic deeds as he battles Saracens and other villains." "This line-by-line translation closely follows the original Old French, capturing the stylistic features that clearly mark the poem as oral literature. A discussion of the poem's background and themes, the William of Orange cycle, and the chanson-de-geste genre precedes the translation."--BOOK JACKET Includes bibliographical references (p. 115-116) and index "Le Couronnement de Louis" is an anonymous work dating from about 1130 or 1140 that has come down to us in nine manuscripts. This line-by-line translation closely follows the Old French and adheres to the prosody of the original so that the musicality of the original may be heard in English. https://archive.org/details/crowningoflouisn0000unse Louis I, Emperor, 778-840 -- Romances