"Bisclavret" ("The Werewolf") is one of the twelve Lais of Marie de France written in the 12th century. Originally written in French, it tells the story...
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fiction as a genre has premodern precedents in medieval romances (e.g., Bisclavret and Guillaume de Palerme) and developed in the 18th century out of the...
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lais often contain elements of folklore or of the supernatural, such as Bisclavret. While the setting is described in realistic detail, the subject is a...
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this story draws on later developments of that legend than such lais as Bisclavret and Melion, where the werewolf status is inherent, although his obeisance...
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love for other people. By comparison, the even lais, such as "Equitan", "Bisclavret" and so on, warn how love that is limited to oneself can lead to misfortune...
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of Woman and Werewolf: Poetics of Estrangement in Marie de France's 'Bisclavret'" (1991) An Ars Legendi for Chaucer's Canterbury Tales: Re-Constructive...
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literature. One of Marie de France's twelve lais is a werewolf story titled "Bisclavret". The Countess Yolande commissioned a werewolf story titled "Guillaume...
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Marie de France's lai ‘Bisclavret’ which tells the story of a man who transforms into a werewolf, referred to as a bisclavret in the story, when he removes...
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form only if they have some item, usually an article of clothing. In Bisclavret by Marie de France, a werewolf cannot regain human form without his clothing...
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Marie de France's Bisclavret and the anonymous Biclarel where the hero is also a werewolf. Some scholars believe that Melion and Bisclavret in particular...
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succeeded his father in the kingdom of Arcadia. In medieval romances, such as Bisclavret and Guillaume de Palerme, the werewolf is relatively benign, appearing...
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have come from traditional Byzantine punishments. The 12th-century lay "Bisclavret" by Marie de France has a werewolf bite off his unfaithful wife's nose...
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1870 and the establishment of the Paris Commune in 1871. Bisclavret Marie de France Bisclavret A noble baron who periodically transforms into a wolf becomes...
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Norwegian translation, Bisclaretz ljóð, of Marie de France's Breton lai Bisclavret. In the summary of Tove Hovn Ohlsson, A knight disappears several days...
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ISBN 9780859915458. Retrieved 15 November 2012. Boivin, Jeanne-Marie (1995). "Bisclavret et Muldumarec: La part de l'ombre dans les Lais". In Jean Dufournet (ed...
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Anthropomorphic Roleplaying Game House Rinaldi House Avoirdupois House Bisclavret House Doloreaux Phelan 2nd Edition (2010-present): Ironclaw Omnibus: Squaring...
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Dillmann defines hamr as "external form of the soul". The Breton lai of Bisclavret was translated in the Old Norse Strengleikar, the notion of "shape of...
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Oliveira – (France/Netherlands) 2011 : Bao – by Sandra Desmazieres 2011 : Bisclavret – by Émilie Mercier 2011 : Chase – by Adriaan Lokman – (France/Netherlands)...
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(Partonopeus de Blois) Strengleikar Forræða 'prologue' Bisclaretz ljóð (Bisclavret) Chetovel (Chaitivel) Desire (Desiré) Douns ljóð (Doon) Eskja (Le Fresne...
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in the twelfth-century Breton lays of Marie de France, in particular "Bisclavret" and "Yonec". R. S. Loomis notes the similarities between the early life...
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is written and drawn by Ben Towle. Here, the Mansion's lone werewolf Bisclavret, or Biscuit, is howling at the moon once again. When asked why, he tells...
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historical novel The Wolf Hunt was based on Marie de France's Breton lai Bisclavret, and features Marie Penthive of Chalendrey, a Norman kidnapped and taken...
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length. The Strengleikar comprise: Forræða 'prologue' Bisclaretz ljóð (Bisclavret) Chetovel (Chaitivel) Desire (Desiré) Douns ljóð (Doon) Eskja (Le Fresne...
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lais feature knights that transform into animals. In Marie de France's Bisclavret and the anonymous Melion, a knight turns into a werewolf; in Marie's Yonec...
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elements. Vain women appear in other lais, including Marie de France's Bisclavret and Le Fresne. Yet in both of these cases, the vain woman is punished...
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