Ysengrimus

Harvard University Press

Ysengrimus\nby Jill Mann\nHardback\nEnglish\n\nDelivery\nUsually delivered in 8\u20139 working days.\n\nBrand new copy from BookCurl \u2013 the UK independent online bookseller.\n\n------------------------------\nBook details\n------------------------------\nAuthor: Jill Mann\nTitle: Ysengrimus\nFormat: Hardback\nLanguage: English\nTopic: Poetry by individual poets\nPublisher: Harvard University Press\nISBN-13: 9780674724822\nISBN-10: 0674724828\nRRP: \u00A329.95\n\n------------------------------\nDescription\n------------------------------\nThe twelfth-century Latin beast epic Ysengrimus is one of the great comic masterpieces of the Middle Ages. It recounts the persecution of the wolf Ysengrimus--who represents a hybrid abbot-bishop--by his archenemy Reynard the fox. The narrative's details are carefully crafted to make the wolf's punishment fit the abbot-bishop's crime.\n\nThe twelfth-century Latin beast epic Ysengrimus is one of the great comic masterpieces of the Middle Ages. It .