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The Complete Romances of Chrétien de Troyes
Paperback
Literary CriticismGeneral Poetry
ISBN13: 9780253207876
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Published: Jan 22 1991
Pages: 576
Weight: 1.80
Height: 1.30 Width: 6.10 Depth: 8.90
Language: English
[A]n eminently readable text, done clearly and accurately... it gives as good an idea as a translation can of the complexity and subtlety of Chrétien's originals.... The text is provided by a translator who understands the spirit as well as the letter of the original and renders it with style.... [T]his translation should attract a wide audience of students and Arthurian enthusiasts. -Speculum
[A] significant contribution to the field of medieval studies [and] a pleasure to read. -Library Journal
These are, above all, stories of courtly love and of knights tested in their devotion to chivalric ideals (with passion and duty often at odds); but they are also thrilling wonder stories of giants, wild men, tame lions, razor-sharp bridges and visits to the Other World. -Washington Post Book World
This tastefully produced book will be the standard general translation for many years to come. -Choice
This new translation brings to life for a new generation of readers the stories of King Arthur, Lancelot, Guinevere, Gawain, Perceval, Yvain, and the other knights and ladies of Chrétien de Troyes' famous romances.
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