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‘Aucassin et Nicolette’

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‘Aucassin et Nicolette’

13th-century French tale of romantic adventure. Aucassin's obsessive love for Nicolette, a Saracen girl brought up as a Christian, is opposed by his father, the count of Beaucaire. After strange adventures and long separation, he is united with Nicolette, now found to be the daughter of the king of Carthage.

The tale was described by its unknown author as a chantefable, since songs and prose narrative alternate. Arabic and Byzantine sources have been suggested, but more obvious is its relationship with ‘Floire et Blanchefleur’. Gentle humour and a vein of parody add to the work's freshness and charm.



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