 | The Vie de Saint Alexis in the Twelfth and Thirteenth Centuries: An Edition and Commentary Subjects: Alexius Saint -- Legends; Vie de saint Alexis; Alexius Saint -- Legends -- History and criticism; French poetry -- To 1500; French poetry -- To 1500 -- History and criticism; The first work of genuine literary merit in Old French is the Vie de saint Alexis , and later reworkings of it attest to its popularity. This volume offers two editions: a twelfth-century edition that was published inaccurately by Gaston Paris, and a thirteenth-century version that has not been published. These two revisions tell us a great deal about changing tastes and interests in the Middle Ages, and their implications exceed that of the fate of a particular work. |
