A French translation of the middle German Reinhart Fuchs by Heinrich der Glîchezâre. With a historical introduction, notes on manuscripts, and an index of names.

A German work from the end of the 12th century, Reinhart Fuchs by Heinrich der Glîchezâre is a unique animal tale in more than one way. Written in a sober style close to that of the fable, the work is the first to make the episodes of the French Roman de Renart a coherent and highly structured whole, notably provided with an apocalyptic denouement, the assassination of the lion by the fox. Critics have gradually highlighted the numerous allusions made by the author to the significant figures and events of the Germanic empire of the time. The animal fable thus becomes, in the literal sense of the term, a true little novel, that of the fox Reinhart, whose historical background places it at the very forefront among European works dedicated to the adventures of the fox. The translation of this major text will allow a wide audience to access knowledge of this original work and to perceive its full literary importance. - [Publisher]

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ISBN: 978-2-7453-5646-8