The Nouvelles Recreations et Joyeaux Devis of Bonaventure des Periers are here translated for the first time into modern English. The translators have been successful in retaining the vitality of this important French Renaissance satirist, turning his colloquial sixteenth-century French into equally colloquial and lively American. The translation of the 129 tales is prefaced by a biographical study of des Periers both as man and artist, and a critical bibliography is also included.
- ISBN10 1322599955
- ISBN13 9781322599953
- Publish Date 1 January 2015 (first published 15 July 2014)
- Publish Status Active
- Out of Print 9 June 2015
- Publish Country US
- Imprint University Press of Kentucky
- Format eBook
- Pages 263
- Language English