The Song of Roland Audiobook

" Read it for class. Good for a history book. "

" On the one hand, the translation is great, it flows smoothly, and it's very vivid. On the other hand, most of the images are of war and death. Most of the language glorifies those who kill "the infidel" in God's name. Especially annoying is that the poet gets their "facts" about the "infidels" almost completely wrong. I also don't like Roland. He's arrogant, and in his arrogance he leads 20,000 men to their deaths. But still, it's a beautiful poem about a subject I find disgusting. So, middle of the road it is: 2.5 stars. "

" A medieval chanson de geste - song of deeds. Charlemegne's nephew and great warries is ambushed in battle, betrayed by Ganelon, at the Battle of Roncevals. "

" i'm reading this for medieval lit class... i'll have more of an opinion on it once i'm finished "

" You can appreciate it for its genre and for the history is embodies, but other than those sentimental reasons, there's nothing remarkable about this story. "

" The violence is epic. Makes most video games look like Dr. Seuss books. But after all this gore, knights go to their fallen friends and weep... long, luxuriant descriptions of their weeping grief. Really shocking the first time, but why not?! Why shouldn't a man who's just seen his best friend from childhood literally cut in half lengthwise by a sword cry like a baby, kind of weird that he wouldn't. Fascinating if only for this copresentation of male aggression and male vulnerability. "

" Lovely, chivalric poem. "

" Some of this is fairly hard reading for the modern reader but it certainly is important from an historical perspective and there are some compelling images. "

" read for school..blah quiz "

" If you like books on blood and guts this is the book for you! "

" why is this not more widely read? maybe the best picture of medieval chivalry. "

" If you're in the mood for a historical epic. Go with Beowulf. Mountjoy. "

" I thoroughly enjoyed the middles ages drama of the Song of Roland. "

" Historically inaccurate. Outrageous. Superhumans. But y'know, Roland was better than Beowulf character-wise. "

" I love Medieval Literature and the Song of Roland is one of my favorites. The great paladin Roland makes his glorious stand to save Charlemagne's army from the Saracens and the traitorous Ganelon. "

" Like Beowulf, El Mio Cid, and The Nibelungenlied this epic poem is *meh* the older version of a shoot 'em up movie. If it weren't required reading for school, I'd probably never read it. "

" Pretty awesome as ancient epic poetry goes. Lots of dismemberment and grand speechifying. "

" Interesting read. As a classical studies student, fun to read with comparisons to Homer & Virgil in mind. "

" felt it necessary to read as a french major, but didn't get super amped on it. "