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