La Chanson de Roland: Student Edition - Paperback

by Gerard J. Brault (Editor)

Gerard Brault's 1984 student edition of La Chanson de Roland has become a standard text in classrooms. It contains the text and translation from his 1978 edition along with an introduction illuminating the poem's historical and literary background and significance. It also contains a new preface and improvements to both the text and bibliography.

Author Biography

Gerard J. Brault is Edwin Erle Sparks Professor Emeritus of French and Medieval Studies and Fellow Emeritus of the Institute for the Arts and Humanities at The Pennsylvania State University.

Denise Schaeffer is Associate Professor of Political Science at the College of the Holy Cross.