Author: D'Urfé, Honoré & Rendall, Steven [translator]
Title: Astrea ( Part One )
Description: Medieval & Renaissance Texts & Studies, Tempe, 1997, 1st edition. Cloth, F. xxx+386pp, a fine copy. MRTS volume 134. Hardback , no dustjacket. ISBN: 086698142X ¶ A new translation, with an introductory essay, of the first part of the pastoral novel L'Astrée by the French author Honoré d'Urfé, Marquis de Valromey, Comte de Châteauneuf [ 1568 - 1625 ]. The work has been called 'possibly the single most influential work of 17th century French literature' and the 'novel of novels', due to its initial and continuing success.

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