Deceit was a salient theme in medieval French drama, and nowhere was it developed to a higher degree than in the fifteenth-century comic masterpiece Maistre Pierre Pathelin, whose deceptive strategies have been praised for centuries for their astonishing variety and amazing human insight. This volume includes Alan Knight's admirably lucid and engaging translation of the drama, while the body of the work is devoted to Donald Maddox's critical analysis of it.
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Deceit was a salient theme in medieval French drama, and nowhere was it developed to a higher degree than in the fifteenth-century comic masterpiece Maistre Pierre Pathelin, whose deceptive strategies have been praised for centuries for their astonishing variety and amazing human insight. This volume includes Alan Knight's admirably lucid and engaging translation of the drama, while the body of the work is devoted to Donald Maddox's critical analysis of it.
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Seller's Description:
Very Good. 1984. Hardcover. Cloth. 8vo. 227 pp. Some shelf wear and chipping to dust jacket otherwise protected by acetate cover. Previous store sticker to front dust jacket. Text unmarked. Altogether quite sound. Very Good. Dust Jacket is Good. (Subject: Medieval, Literature French).
