Bonaventure Des Périers's Novel Pastimes and Merry Tales (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780813153490)

The Nouvelles Récréations et Joyeaux Devis of Bonaventure des Périers 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 Périers both as man and artist, and a critical bibliography is also included.

Author: Bonaventure Des Périers
ISBN-10: 0813153492
ISBN-13: 9780813153490
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
Language: English
Published: 07/15/2014
Pages: 264
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.86lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.60d