{"product_id":"chretiens-equal-raoul-de-houdenc-9781843846031","title":"Chrétien's Equal: Raoul de Houdenc","description":"\u003cb\u003eBy his contemporaries, Raoul de Houdenc was 'mentioned in the same breath as Chrétien de Troyes as one of the masters of French poetry' (Keith Busby, \u003ci\u003eThe New Arthurian Encyclopaedia\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe writers of later romances deemed Raoul's work worthy of memory on a par with the Prose \u003ci\u003eLancelot\u003c\/i\u003e, and placed Raoul and Chrétien on the same level in terms of authority.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRaoul de Houdenc was a major and innovative figure in 13th-century French literature. His surviving works are unusually diverse: they include an impassioned tract about the values of chivalry (\u003ci\u003eThe Romance of the Wings\u003c\/i\u003e), two superbly crafted Arthurian romances (\u003ci\u003eMeraugis of Portlesguez \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Avenging of Raguidel\u003c\/i\u003e), and a swingeing polemic against declining standards especially among the bourgeoisie (\u003ci\u003eThe Burgess's Burgeoning Blight\u003c\/i\u003e). And with his hugely influential satire \u003ci\u003eThe Dream of Hell\u003c\/i\u003e he was the very first to compose allegory in the vernacular, mastering to perfection the art of parody and the unexpected.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAfter a long period of neglect Raoul is finally receiving the scholarly attention he deserves, and this is the first translation into English of his complete surviving works.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Avenging of Raguidel\u003c\/i\u003e 'must surely be counted as one of the most fascinating and innovative of the French Gawain romances' - Norris J. Lacy.","brand":"Raoul de Houdenc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48280820089083,"sku":"9781843846031","price":85.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0779\/3917\/9771\/files\/9781843846031.jpg?v=1772487525","url":"https:\/\/indiepubs.com\/products\/chretiens-equal-raoul-de-houdenc-9781843846031","provider":"IndiePubs","version":"1.0","type":"link"}