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Ecbasis cuiusdam captivi per tropologiam - Escape of a Certain Captive Told in a Figurative Manner: An Eleventh-Century Latin Beast Epic

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Translated by Edwin H. Zeydel. The oldest medieval beast epic was translated literally into English prose for the first time in this volume, with Latin on facing pages. The introduction and commentary by Zeydel familiarize the reader with the history and value of the text and constituted a new approach, arguing for the inclusion of Latin literature composed in what is now Germany in the history of German literature.

Author(s): Edwin H. Zeydel (transl.)
Series: University of North Carolina Studies in the Germanic Languages and Literatures, 46
Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
Year: 1964

Language: English, Latin
Pages: 124
City: Chapel Hill

PREFACE
CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION
1. The Importance of the 'Ecbasis'; its Contents
2. The Middle Latin Literature of Germany as German Literature
3. Manuscripts and Title
4. Date and Authorship
5. The Plot
6. A Critique of the Ecbasis
7. The Ecbasis as a Cento
8. Translations
9. Interpolation
TEXT
Latin
English
APPENDIX: The Fable "Aegrum fama fuit..."
COMMENTARY