Bonaventure Des Périers's Novel Pastimes and Merry Tales

By Bonaventure des Périers

Book Overview

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 bibliography is also included.

• 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