tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1911087927983597831.post2705216056809243867..comments2024-01-02T15:37:04.858-05:00Comments on Caravana de recuerdos: La Chanson de RolandRichardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01746599416342846897noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1911087927983597831.post-78614152847717902962017-06-15T14:19:09.434-04:002017-06-15T14:19:09.434-04:00Sorry for the delay getting back to you, Séamus, b...Sorry for the delay getting back to you, Séamus, but my "administrative doldrums" seem to have taken over the blog...so to speak. A "holiday from modernity"? I like that! Cheers!Richardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01746599416342846897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1911087927983597831.post-17304677647758769012017-05-18T16:15:01.897-04:002017-05-18T16:15:01.897-04:00My writing and reading doldrums leave me commentin...My writing and reading doldrums leave me commenting a few months after the fact. This sounds like it would be an interesting read. I enjoyed my brief escape into old Spanish lit last year so this might work as this years holiday from modernity. Hope all is well with you. Séamus Dugganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00574186409184247059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1911087927983597831.post-53148618569480174692017-04-20T13:08:18.805-04:002017-04-20T13:08:18.805-04:00My pleasure, Dwight. I'll likely have a bit m...My pleasure, Dwight. I'll likely have a bit more medieval French history & lit to share coming up assuming I can shake off my current writing/blogging doldrums, but I'll look forward to hearing about your own medieval reading escapades with your kids should you have the time. In any event, thanks for the visit and your enthusiasm!Richardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01746599416342846897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1911087927983597831.post-10026327073661958262017-04-17T15:02:57.658-04:002017-04-17T15:02:57.658-04:00Thanks for the post on this and I hope to see more...Thanks for the post on this and I hope to see more on the project. I've been immersed in medieval history with the boys this year and have wanted to tackle this at some point, and this translation sounds ideal. I've been wading through more modern French lit, so seeing this is most welcome!Dwight Greenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17449204786765227725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1911087927983597831.post-4430558270874244392017-04-13T00:56:07.615-04:002017-04-13T00:56:07.615-04:00Thanks, Anthony. Although Marie de France's L...Thanks, Anthony. Although Marie de France's <em>Lais</em> was my token 12th century choice for this half of the year (my initial plan had a somewhat restricted one book per century scope), I'd love to hear more about the <em>Roman de Troie</em> should you choose to read it. I do have another couple of chansons de geste in the house already and I'm already behind schedule as usual, so maybe I'll just rip up those plans and concentrate on French medieval lit for a while. A guy could do a whole lot worse, no? Cheers!Richardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01746599416342846897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1911087927983597831.post-82837646615129196622017-04-11T01:29:59.878-04:002017-04-11T01:29:59.878-04:00Fascinating post, thank you. I have an urge to rea...Fascinating post, thank you. I have an urge to read Benoît de Sainte-Maure's Le Roman de Troie, which is a touch daunting at 30,000 marvellous rambling lines (Highet writes that the romances of the Middle Ages were "as endless as the Medieval wars"). Any plans for that in your sweep through French literature?Anthony (Time's Flow Stemmed)http://timesflowstemmed.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1911087927983597831.post-90509439579247473702017-02-23T13:24:14.517-05:002017-02-23T13:24:14.517-05:00I don't know about the connections between old...I don't know about the connections between old French and Italian, Amanda, but in medieval poetry the connections between Occitan and Italian were quite fluid from what I understand. I used to be quite interested in medieval history and lit--don't know why it's taken so long to get reacquainted with it on the blog, but thanks for reading along with me so to speak. Ciao!Richardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01746599416342846897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1911087927983597831.post-36452556975211305292017-02-19T18:46:34.633-05:002017-02-19T18:46:34.633-05:00You are almost tempting me away from my current pl...You are almost tempting me away from my current plans and into a Mideaval literature reading scheme! I really haven't ever read anything from this era (yet...someday...) but it's always been intriguing to me. What I find most interesting here though, is that with my almost non-existant French, the old French is nearly as comprehensible to me as the modern--I'm wondering if it's just chance, or if it has a closer relation to Italian?amanda @ simplerpastimeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14127945915013121105noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1911087927983597831.post-70281788142870223102017-02-07T13:09:50.475-05:002017-02-07T13:09:50.475-05:00I actually hope to get to a Sayers mystery sometim...I actually hope to get to a Sayers mystery sometime soon. Will studiously avoid any of her <em>chanson de geste</em> translations, though! Hope you're enjoying <em>Tirant Lo Blanc</em>. Never finished it without reason as what I remember of it was quite a wild ride even having forgotten any bits about those pesky Saracens invading England Denmark-style. Delirious strangeness!Richardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01746599416342846897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1911087927983597831.post-77163727668681918962017-02-06T19:36:31.935-05:002017-02-06T19:36:31.935-05:00Another book I'm in the middle of reading. In ...Another book I'm in the middle of reading. In my case the Dorothy L Sayers translation into doggerel. About halfway through.<br /><br />In crazy Catalan work Tirant Lo Blanc, there's the story of Guy of Warwick, who defends Warwick from Saracen hordes marauding through England. History itself seems to overlook this invasion ( think they were Danes in English versions).obookihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03885121629202810216noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1911087927983597831.post-85448726565060260562017-02-06T12:32:30.048-05:002017-02-06T12:32:30.048-05:00You and Tom are getting me all worked up about Vil...You and Tom are getting me all worked up about Villon. Again! <em>Merci</em> for your interest in my little reading project and hope you had some luck getting a hold of Dufournet's edition of <em>Roland</em>. Cheers!Richardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01746599416342846897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1911087927983597831.post-66626144927368398702017-02-05T12:19:00.102-05:002017-02-05T12:19:00.102-05:00I look forward eagerly to this longue durée survey...I look forward eagerly to this <i>longue durée</i> survey, especially since it promises more posts like this one (I cannot <i>wait</i> to see what you do with Villon). I'm going to hunt down that Dufournet edition <i>right now</i>. seraillonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17654593356535433945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1911087927983597831.post-8808830930361097932017-02-03T17:35:28.042-05:002017-02-03T17:35:28.042-05:00Oh, well, I guess you can't write about everyt...Oh, well, I guess you can't write about everything. I hope to get to Villon in or by April.Richardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01746599416342846897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1911087927983597831.post-82806938810040137702017-02-03T12:57:19.093-05:002017-02-03T12:57:19.093-05:00I don't know if I'll write about it. Yvai...I don't know if I'll write about it. <i>Yvain</i> is better, but <i>Perceval</i> has all of the crazy Grail / Fisher King stuff.<br /><br />Villon is so great.Amateur Reader (Tom)https://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1911087927983597831.post-13680798362558502602017-02-03T12:30:25.661-05:002017-02-03T12:30:25.661-05:00Thanks for weighing in on the merits of the projec...Thanks for weighing in on the merits of the project. I very much look forward to finally getting to know Villon <em>and</em> some of your Weird France recommendations later in the year. Haven't read any Chrétien in ages, but I believe I read <em>Perceval</em> long ago to have forgotten most of it. Hopefully you'll write about that one and remind me why I ought to reread it. Until then, a different world indeed!Richardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01746599416342846897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1911087927983597831.post-6666035013494355552017-02-03T11:23:32.747-05:002017-02-03T11:23:32.747-05:00Now there is a good, good project.
Great insights...Now there is a good, good project.<br /><br />Great insights on <i>Roland</i>. I'm also looking forward to more. I just finished Chrétien's <i>Perceval</i> - this medieval stuff, what a different world.Amateur Reader (Tom)https://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1911087927983597831.post-71476241994069355322017-02-02T12:38:09.596-05:002017-02-02T12:38:09.596-05:00These bilingual editions with the original texts o...These bilingual editions with the original texts on the facing pages are really the only the way to go for matters of meter, rhyme, etc. (not that I touched on any of that in my otherwise longwinded post!). Of course, it'd probably take years of study for me to pick out anything other than the occasional stray word in old French. It seems drastically different from its modern counterpart.Richardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01746599416342846897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1911087927983597831.post-64816176617587171712017-02-02T05:22:34.060-05:002017-02-02T05:22:34.060-05:00I like the fact that this includes the original te...I like the fact that this includes the original text. I could not decipher it but my wife would get a lot out of it. <br /><br />I look forward to your future posts centering on French literature. Brian Josephhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15139559400312336791noreply@blogger.com