The Complete Romances of Chretien de Troyes

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$16.57 - $32.53
UPC:
9780253207876
Maximum Purchase:
2 units
Binding:
Paperback
Publication Date:
1/22/1991
Release Date:
1/22/1991
Language:
english
Edition:
Reprint

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Product Overview

[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 Chrtiens 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 Chrtien de Troyes famous romances.

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