The Parable of the Sower and Obscurity in the Prologue to Marie de France's "Lais."
This essay discusses the similarity of the obscurity of the prologue of the book "Lais" by Marie de France to the Parable of the Sower. According to the author, de France alludes to the parable when she imagines the nobles reis to whom she dedicates the book. The author said that de France's poetics...
| Publicado en: | Christianity & Literature Vol. 57; no. 3; pp. 355 - 379 |
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Spring2008
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