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In a story by this author, a jealous husband kills a nightingale and throws its bloody corpse onto his wife’s chest. The Strengleikar (STRENG-“lay”-“car”) consists of Norse translations of this poet. The protagonist of a story by this author is accused of loving boys for concealing his tryst with a woman resting in a pavilion topped with a golden eagle. This author used the image of honeysuckle intertwined with hazel to depict the adulterous relationship of (*) Tristan and Isolde. This protagonist of Lauren Groff’s (10[1])Matrix wrote a story in which a baroness’s descendants are born without noses after hers is bitten off by a werewolf. This woman, who may have written at the court of England’s Henry II, authored (10[2]-5[1])Bisclavret (BEES-clah-“vray”), Lanval, and Chevrefoil (SHEH-vruh-fwah). For 10 points, name this 12th-century poet who wrote a number of Breton lais ■END■

ANSWER: Marie de France [prompt on de France] (The lead-in refers to the Lay of Laüstic.)
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Sheena LiNeg 5! Playing Quizbowl, Liddy StyleParth et al.8310
Sky LiThe Passion According to C.H.Milan et al.11810
Mattias EhatammThe Vulture's Guide to BuzzCameron et al.11810
Cameron AminiCameron et al.The Vulture's Guide to Buzz118-5

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