'Blandin de Cornoalha', A Comic Occitan Romance

The volume makes available for the first time in English an edition of the medieval romance Blandin de Cornoalha, accompanied by a translation and introduction to the work. Composed in the second half of the fourteenth century by an anonymous author, the story offers the first recording of the Sleeping Beauty folktale, incorporated into the adventures of two knights. Many elements in the romance are comic, suggesting that Blandin is not simply a tale of knights in battle, but also a parody of medieval romance in general.



edited and translated by Wendy Pfeffer, translated by Margaret Burrell



List of Abbreviations Introduction First Sightings, Prior Editions, and the Argument for this Edition Literary Sources and Possible Analogs Approaches to Blandin Versification and Genre Travels of the Manuscript Language of the Author and of the Text Dating the Text and Conclusions Presentation of the Edition and Translation Bibliography Occitan Text and Facing-Page English Translation Illustration Index