The Romance of Tristan: The Tale of Tristan's Madness

This edition contains perhaps the earliest and most elemental version of the tragic legend of Tristan and Yseult in a distinguished prose translation. Alan S. Fredrick summarizes missing episodes and includes a translation of 'The Tale of Tristan's Madness.'

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Author: Beroul
Publisher: Penguin Group
Published: 07/27/1978
Pages: 176
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.29lbs
Size: 7.79h x 5.12w x 0.43d
ISBN13: 9780140442304
ISBN10: 0140442308
BISAC Categories:
- Poetry | European | French
- Poetry | Medieval
- Poetry | Subjects & Themes | Love & Erotica

About the Author
Béroul was a Norman poet of the twelfth century. He wrote a Norman language version of the Tristan and Iseult story of which 3000 verses survive today, preserved at the Bibliothèque Nationale in Paris.

Alan S. Fedrick is a writer and translator who is best known for his translation of Beroul's The Romance of Tristan: The Tale of Tristan's Madness, for which he also wrote the introduction.