Research Catalog

Title

The story of the death of Anne Boleyn : a poem by Lancelot de Carle / translation, edition, and essays by JoAnn DellaNeva.

Author

Carle, Lancelot de, approximately 1508-1568

Publication

• Tempe, Arizona : ACMRS Press, 2021.
• ©2021

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Details

Additional Authors

DellaNeva, JoAnn

Description

xi, 414 pages; 24 cm.

Summary

"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Variants are given from all other known manuscripts found in Europe, including several key verses that were previously unpublished and that shed new light on the interpretation of the poem.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."--Page 4 of cover.

Series Statement

• Medieval and Renaissance texts and studies ; volume 580
• French Renaissance texts in translation ; volume 3

Uniform Title

• Medieval & Renaissance Texts & Studies (Series) ; v. 580.
• Medieval & Renaissance Texts & Studies (Series). French Renaissance texts in translation ; v. 3.

Subject

• Carle, Lancelot de, approximately 1508-1568
• Anne Boleyn, Queen, consort of Henry VIII, King of England, 1507-1536 > Poetry
• Anne Boleyn, Queen, consort of Henry VIII, King of England, 1507-1536
• 1450-1600
• European literature > Renaissance, 1450-1600
• European literature > Renaissance, 1450-1600 > History and criticism
• Elegiac poetry
• Historical poetry
• Narrative poetry
• European literature > Renaissance

Genre/Form

• Criticism, interpretation, etc.
• Poetry.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages [381]-404) and index.

Language (note)

• English text; poem in French with English translation on facing pages and notes in English.

Call Number

JFE 22-3369

ISBN

• 9780866986380
• 0866986383

OCLC

1268139313

Author

Carle, Lancelot de, approximately 1508-1568, author.

Title

The story of the death of Anne Boleyn : a poem by Lancelot de Carle / translation, edition, and essays by JoAnn DellaNeva.

Publisher

Tempe, Arizona : ACMRS Press, 2021.

Copyright Date

©2021

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Creator/Contributor Characteristics

French

Series

Medieval and Renaissance texts and studies ; volume 580

French Renaissance texts in translation ; volume 3

Medieval & Renaissance Texts & Studies (Series) ; v. 580.

Medieval & Renaissance Texts & Studies (Series). French Renaissance texts in translation ; v. 3.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (pages [381]-404) and index.

Language

English text; poem in French with English translation on facing pages and notes in English.

Chronological Term

1450-1600

Added Author

Carle, Lancelot de, approximately 1508-1568. Histoire de la morte d'Anne Boulenc, royne d'Angleterre. French (Middle French)

Carle, Lancelot de, approximately 1508-1568. Histoire de la morte d'Anne Boulenc, royne d'Angleterre. English.

DellaNeva, JoAnn, translator, editor, writer of added commentary.

Research Call Number

JFE 22-3369