- "
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...
-
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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- literature. One of
Marie de France's
twelve lais is a
werewolf story titled "
Bisclavret". The
Countess Yolande commissioned a
werewolf story titled "Guillaume...
-
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...
- 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...
-
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...
-
succeeded his
father in the
kingdom of Arcadia. In
medieval romances, such as
Bisclavret and
Guillaume de Palerme, the
werewolf is
relatively benign, appearing...
