Title: Bisclavret

Title: Bisclavret Title Record # 2493133
Author: Marie de France
Date: date unknown
Type: POEM
Webpages: jacques.prevost.free.fr
Language: Old French

Note: This story was originally written in verse, at the end of the 12th or beginning of the 13th century. Its language is Anglo-Norman, one of the northern French languages.

Synopsis: A knight in Brittany is known for mysteriously disappearing three days a week. His wife talks him into revealing his secret, and he says he changes into a werewolf (bisclavret); she gets him to admit that he can't change back without his human clothes. She then plots with a neighbor to steal the clothes. The Bisclavret remains in the forest until the king almost kills him hunting, but spares him because of the seeming wolf's humanlike pleading for mercy. The Bisclavret then lives as the king's pet, until opportunity to reveal the truth and get revenge on his wife arrives.

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Translations

Year	Language	Title
1911^ⓘProse translation of the original poem. Translated by Eugene Mason; first published in French Medieval Romances from the Lays of Marie de France (E. P. Dutton, 1911).	English	The Lay of the Were-Wolf
1966^ⓘTranslated by unknown; no details of this translation are currently known, such as whether it is prose or verse.	English	The Werewolf
1990^ⓘTranslated by Laurence Harf-Lancner.	French	Bisclavret
1994^ⓘTranslated by T. Pisanti for Gianni Pilo's anthology Storie di lupi mannari, 1994. It is currently unknown whether this translation is verse or prose, but the original was a poem.	Italian	Il Lai du Bisclavret [as by uncredited]
2010^ⓘTranslated by an unknown hand.	French	Bisclavret

Publications

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Title	Date	Author/Editor	Publisher/Pub. Series	ISBN/Catalog ID	Price	Pages	Format	Type	Cover Artist
Die Lais der Marie de France	1885-00-00	Marie de France	Niemeyer (Bibliotheca Normannica #3)			276	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
The Cold Embrace and Other Stories	1966-00-00	ed. Alex Hamilton	Corgi	GN7508	3/6^?Prior to decimilisation (1968-1971), UK books were priced in shillings, or shillings and pence, where 20 shillings equals one pound and 12 old pence equals one shilling. Shillings were indicated with a variety of suffixes, e.g. 3s, 3', 3", 3/ all mean 3 shillings. Any number after that is additional pence, usually 6 (half a shilling) but sometimes 3 or 9 (a quarter of a shilling or three-quarters of a shilling).	188	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	anth	George Underwood
Storie di lupi mannari	1994-09-00	ed. Gianni Pilo	Newton Compton (I Mammut #27)	88-7983-621-8	Lit 9,900^?Lit: Italian lira	1080	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	anth
The Literary Werewolf	2002-10-00	ed. Charlotte F. Otten	Syracuse University Press	0-8156-0753-9	$24.95^?$: US dollar	xxxii+ 295	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	anth	Fred Wellner
Wulf: Tales of Wolves and Werewolves	2010-10-11	ed. Chad Arment	Coachwhip Publications	978-1-61646-056-3	$24.95^?$: US dollar	602	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	anth
10 nouvelles fantastique: De l'Antiquité à nos jours^?10 nouvelles fantastique: De l'Antiquite a nos jours	2010-11-00	ed. Alain Grousset	Flammarion (Flammarion Jeunesse)	978-2-08-125024-6	€5.20^?€: Euro	135	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	anth	Vincent Madras
Lais de Marie de France	2013-02-00	Marie de France	Le Livre de Poche (Le Livre de Poche - Lettres gothiques #4523)	978-2-253-05271-5	€6.60^?€: Euro	351	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	coll
The Literary Werewolf	2015-02-01	ed. Charlotte F. Otten	Syracuse University Press	978-0-8156-0767-0	$24.95^?$: US dollar		ebook^?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	anth	Fred Wellner

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