Description
[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.
Author: David Staines
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Published: 01/22/1991
Pages: 576
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.80lbs
Size: 8.90h x 6.10w x 1.30d
ISBN13: 9780253207876
ISBN10: 0253207878
BISAC Categories:
- Poetry | European | General
- Literary Criticism | Medieval
- Literary Criticism | Ancient and Classical
About the Author
David Staines is Professor of English at the University of Ottawa, widely published scholar, and general editor of the New Canadian Library.