Silence: A Thirteenth-Century French Romance (Mediaeval Texts & Studies S., #10)

by De Cornualle Heldris and Heldris De Cornualle

Sarah Roche-Mahdi (Translator)

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This bilingual edition, a parallel text in Old French and English, is based on a reexamination of the Old French manuscript, and makes Silence available to specialists and students in various fields of literature and women's studies.

The Roman de Silence, an Arthurian romance of the thirteenth century, tells of a girl raised as a boy, equally accomplished as a minstrel and knight, whose final task, the capture of Merlin, leads to her unmasking.
  • ISBN10 0870135430
  • ISBN13 9780870135439
  • Publish Date 31 August 1999 (first published 1 January 1992)
  • Publish Status Active
  • Out of Print 16 April 2015
  • Publish Country US
  • Imprint Michigan State University Press
  • Format Paperback
  • Pages 343
  • Language English