This is a substantial and readable volume, and it is supplied with a rich array of documentation in the notes and bibliography. It deals with a question of critical importance for current research on medieval literature': namely, the relationship between this literature and us...This is an important collection, and one may congratulate the editors of their ambitious undertaking.--Paul Zumthor, 'Speculum.'About the Author: Marina S. Brownlee is the Class of 1963 College of Women Professor of Romance Languages. Kevin Brownlee is professor of Romance languages, and Stephen G.Nichols is Edmund J. Kahn Professor of Humanities in the Department of Romance Languages, at the University of Pennsylvania.