William Darnall MacClintock

This book is a nice sampler of a variety of medieval literature. It pulls selections from French, Spanish, Scandinavian, German and Italian literature. The samples themselves fall under the following categories: National Epic, Romances, Lyrics, Tales and Fables, Didactic and Allegorical Literature, and Drama. As an introductory to this type of literature I found the volume to be very good. I only wish there could of been more included, the volume only running 141 pages in all but it is enough to whet ones appetite to read further in the areas where one feels the greatest pull. I transcribed this text online back in 1999 and it can be found at this address http://www.northvegr.org/lore/song/index.php for those who don't have the book itself.… (meer)