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Please Add: The Song of Roland (1912 translation)
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Could you provide the cover photo so I could check that it does not already exist in here?
Yes, how can I do it? I tried but the only way to add a cover to this reply is if it exists, not to upload a new photograph. I did look through the database before asking if it can be added, but cannot figure out how to provide a photo of the cover. It does not appear to be possible in a message. What do you suggest?
You can add it using the link:https://www.goodreads.com/photo/new
So I be able to take it from your profile.
Or you can paste the link to an external cloud service here.
Thanks! I have done and it is here: https://www.goodreads.com/photo/user/...If that does not work please let me know. It looked more clear in the thumbnail but my phone camera is not great.
Thank you very much! I've added it to my challenge bookshelf.
* Title - THE SONG OF ROLAND
* Author(s) name(s) - John Harrington Cox, translator
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* Publisher - Little, Brown, and Company (Boston)
* Publication date - 1912 (Copyright 1911)
* Format - Hardback, clothbound
* Page count - 181
* Description - From the Preface: "The incomparable 'Song of Roland' is the great French epic. * * * As in the other book of the 'Knighthood' series - 'Beowulf' and 'A Knight of Arthur's Court' - an attempt is here made to reproduce this heroic tale in a form suitable for young people in the elementary schools. The story presents a vivid picture of a romantic and heroic age and portrays some of the most famous characters ever conceived. In the present adaptation the qualities of the Old French style have been retained as far as practicable." The text shows the viewpoints of the original and likely of the translator's times, being very pro-Christian and anti-others (whom they refer to broadly as 'pagans'), but also shows the heroic tropes of warriors who kill dozens of the foe, who fight despite being fatally wounded, and who support their brethren, which appear in literature, film, and other media today.