Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Marie de France's Rhetorical Foundation -- 2. The Prologues and the Epilogues -- 3. The Lais -- 4. The Fables -- 5. The Espurgatoire seint Patriz and La vie seinte Audree -- Conclusion -- Appendix A. Priscian's Institutiones grammaticae and Praeexercitamina -- Appendix B. Table of Extant Medieval Manuscripts of Marie de France's Isopet -- Bibliography -- Index.