Lancelot; or, The Knight of the Cart - Softcover

Chretien De Troyes

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0820312134 ISBN 13: 9780820312132

Publisher: University of Georgia Press, 1990

Synopsis

In this verse translation of Chrétien de Troyes's Lancelot, Ruth Harwood Cline revives the original story of the immortal love affair between Sir Lancelot and Queen Guinevere, a tale that has spawned interpretations ranging from Malory's Le Morte d'Arthur to Lerner and Lowe's Camelot.

By remaining faithful to Chrétien's highly structured form, Cline preserves the pace, the pungency of proverbial expressions, and the work's poetical devices and word play in translating this archetypal tale of courtly love from Old French into modern English. Cline's introduction―containing a description of Arthur in history and literature, a discussion of courtly love, and an account of the continuations of the story of Lancelot and Guinevere―makes Lancelot an ideal classroom text.

About this title

About the Author:

CHRÉTIEN DE TROYES (1135?–1191?) was a French poet and trouvère. He is widely regarded as the creator of the literary genre known as the Arthurian romance, and the originator of the heroic medieval character Lancelot.

Language Notes:

Text: English (translation)

About this edition

• Publisher: University of Georgia Press
• Publication date: 1990
• ISBN 10: 0820312134
• ISBN 13: 9780820312132
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 272