Bonaventure Des Périers's Novel Pastimes and Merry Tales

by Bonaventure des Périers

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The Nouvelles R?cr?ations et Joyeaux Devis of Bonaventure des P?riers are here translated for the first time into modern English. The translators have been successful in retaining the vitality of this important French Renaissance satirist, turning his colloquial sixteenth-century French into equally colloquial and lively American. The translation of the 129 tales is prefaced by a biographical study of des P?riers both as man and artist, and a critical...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0813153492

ISBN13:9780813153490

Release Date:July 2014

Publisher:University Press of Kentucky

Length:264 Pages

Weight:0.86 lbs.

Dimensions:0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Grade Range:Postsecondary and higher

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