Song of Roland: An Analytical Edition. Vol. II: Oxford Text and English Translation, (Paperback)

from Stbalbach

The Song of Roland is the oldest surviving work of French literature, and the first chanson de geste, a genre of epic poetry that tells of heroic deeds, of which there are over 100 in existence. This was an influential work, not only on French but world literature. One of the more interesting asp...

from karl.steel

Looked over a few of the other reviews. Look, folks, it's not a romance, and it has nothing to do with 'courtly love.' It's the chanson de geste. Not a romance. Nothing erotic going on here. Given that the earliest ms is in Anglo-Norman, kept track this time round of Charlemagne's involvement in ...

from bespen

The Song of Roland is a classic of Western literature, part of the mythology surrounding Charlemagne and the Holy Roman Empire. Probably composed in this form sometime in the 11th century, the Song of Roland was hugely popular for a very long time, and it informed what it meant to be a Christian ...

from lindawwilson

A childhhood favorite, assuming this is the correct book and not some poem; the real story of Roland was a favorite of my father's and also my son, Jim.

from veevoxvoom

The Song of Roland is a medieval epic poem detailing the feats of Charlemagne. It is, according to Wikipedia, the oldest surviving example of French literature. In The Song, Charlemagne's Franks go to battle against the Spanish Saracens, a battle precipitated by a traitor in Charlemagne's midst. ...