{"product_id":"la-belle-dame-qui-eust-mercy-and-le-dialogue-damoureux-et-de-sa-dame-a-critical-edition-and-english-translation-of-two-anonymous-late-medieval-f-paperback","title":"'La Belle Dame qui eust mercy' and 'Le Dialogue d'amoureux et de sa dame': A Critical Edition and English Translation of Two Anonymous Late-Medieval F - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJoan Grenier-Winther\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eLa Belle Dame qui eust mercy \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003eLe Dialogue d'amoureux et de sa dame\u003c\/em\u003e are two late-medieval poems in which a courtly gentleman and lady debate the merits of his pleas for her affections. In both cases, the lady is recalcitrant, dismissing her suitor's lovesickness as a trifle, denying that she ever gave any sign of encouragement, and wishing to protect her reputation. The lady in \u003cem\u003eLe Dialogue\u003c\/em\u003e never capitulates; in contrast, the Belle Dame ends by agreeing to her lover's suit and imagining a future in which they will joyfully live together. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBoth poems merit serious attention for their kinship with Alain Chartier's \u003cem\u003eLa Belle Dame sans mercy\u003c\/em\u003e (1424) and other poems in the so-called \"Belle Dame\" cycle. Their presence in numerous fifteenth- and sixteenth-century manuscript and printed collections attests to their appeal in their day. Equally as significant is their unusual bipartite stanzaïc structure, suggesting amalgamation of separate poems and\/or continuations of existing poems. Such an anomaly complicates attribution of authorship and dating, but close study of \u003cem\u003eLa Belle Dame qui eust mercy \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003eLe Dialogue d'amoureux et de sa dame\u003c\/em\u003e can only enhance our understanding of the process(es) of poetic composition, as well as the \u003cem\u003emise en page\u003c\/em\u003e and reception of literary works, in the late Middle Ages. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 172\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.37 x 9.21 x 6.14 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 28, 2018\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43698701729927,"sku":"9781781882856","price":38.86,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/iNgVQAlmb69781781882856.webp?v=1767466513","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/la-belle-dame-qui-eust-mercy-and-le-dialogue-damoureux-et-de-sa-dame-a-critical-edition-and-english-translation-of-two-anonymous-late-medieval-f-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}