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The Dialogue of Solomon and Marcolf
- A Dual-Language Edition from Latin and Middle English Printed Editions
Engelsk Paperback
The Dialogue of Solomon and Marcolf
- A Dual-Language Edition from Latin and Middle English Printed Editions
Engelsk Paperback

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The Dialogue of Solomon and Marcolf (Dialogus Salomonis et Marcolfi) was a medieval literary bestseller; mentions of the poem begin as early as 1000 and are widespread by the thirteenth century, and various versions dated between 1410 and 1550 survive in some twenty-seven manuscripts, forty-nine early printed editions, and various translations into vernacular languages. Comprising five verbal contests incorporating distinct rhetorical forms and a variety of eclectic materials such as proverbs, riddles, and biblical wisdom literature, this lively and entertaining dialogue pits the wise Old Testament king Solomon, representing clerical authority, against the foulmouthed but quick-witted peasant Marcolf, representing commoners’ rustic wisdom, improvisational wit, and earthy, subversive humor. This edition juxtaposes two texts of the poem: a Latin version printed ca. 1488 and a Middle English translation printed in 1492, supplemented by extensive glosses, explanatory and textual notes, and exchanges omitted from the proverb contest by previous abridged printed versions.

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Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
118
ISBN-13:
9781580441803
Indbinding:
Paperback
Udgave:
ISBN-10:
1580441807
Udg. Dato:
1 nov 2012
Længde:
0mm
Bredde:
178mm
Højde:
254mm
Forlag:
Medieval Institute Publications
Oplagsdato:
1 nov 2012
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