All events for The Lais of Marie de France

featuring H. M. Cushman, Assistant Professor of English and Comparative Literature   The medieval antecedents of the modern short story —Marie de France is the earliest known French woman poet and her lais—stories in verse based on Breton tales of chivalry and romance—are among the finest of the genre. —Penguin Classics —The Lais of Marie de France changed romantic writing forever, challenging social norms and the views of the church during the twelfth century concerning both love and the role…