The Story of the Death of Anne Boleyn, Volume 580

The Story of the Death of Anne Boleyn, Volume 580
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Publisher : Arizona Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies (ACMRS)
Total Pages : 320
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ISBN-10 : 0866986383
ISBN-13 : 9780866986380
Rating : 4/5 (380 Downloads)

Book Synopsis The Story of the Death of Anne Boleyn, Volume 580 by : JOANN. DELLANEVA

Download or read book The Story of the Death of Anne Boleyn, Volume 580 written by JOANN. DELLANEVA and published by Arizona Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies (ACMRS). This book was released on 2021-04-09 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Story of the Death of Anne Boleyn is a critical edition and translation of a long narrative poem written by the secretary to the French ambassador in London within two weeks of Anne Boleyn's execution. It was intended as a diplomatic dispatch, relating the astonishing news of the queen's demise (along with that of five alleged lovers). Uniquely among diplomatic correspondence, this dispatch was written in verse form. It thus straddles the domains of literature and history, of chronicle and fiction. The base text for this edition is a previously unstudied manuscript housed at the British Library. Variants are given from all other known manuscripts found in Europe, including several key verses that were previously unpublished and that shed new light on the interpretation of the poem. The book features a sense-for-sense translation into modern English in free verse form, along with extensive explanatory notes. It also provides a study focusing on the historical background to the poem, an essay on the poet and the reception of his work, and a literary analysis of the poem.


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