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Robert the Devil:

The First Modern English Translation of Robert le Diable, an Anonymous French Romance of the Thirteenth Century
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English translation of an anonymous thirteenth-century French poem in which a woman desperate to bear a child appeals to the devil for help. Originally written in octosyllabic rhymed couplets, this translation uses free verse.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Robert the Devil

Notes

Bibliography

Index

 


“Rosenberg’s lively, yet faithful rendition of this classic tale is a welcome addition to the corpus of works in Old French now available to a wider audience. The legend’s vitality in the various adaptations it has assumed, along with Robert’s devilish charisma, make the text an important subject for further research in genre and character studies.”

 

 

—Stacey Hahn, Speculum

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