Lancelot (Paper)

TRAMA

The romantic poems of twelfth-century French poet Chretien de Troyes were of immense influence across Europe -- widely imitated, translated, and adapted. Giving rise to a tradition of story-telling that continues to this day, the poems established the shape of the nascent Arthurian legend. In this outstanding new translation of Lancelot, Burton Raffel brings to English-language readers the fourth of Chretien's five surviving romantic Arthurian poems. This poem was the first to introduce Lancelot as an important figure in the King Arthur legend.<P>Lancelot tells of the adulterous relationship between the knight and his mistress, Guinevere, the wife of King Arthur. Thematically this poem differs from Chretien's other romances -- Lancelot and Guinevere's love is a serious crime against their king, Lancelot casts aside his knightly ideals and reputation for the sake of his beloved, and Arthur is endowed with a weaker personality.<P>Raffel has created an original three-stress metric verse form that captures Chretien's swift-paced narrative and lively, sparkling Old French. A consummate translator, Raffel enables the modern reader and the reader who is unfamiliar with French to appreciate the beauty of Chretien's original.

ALTRE INFORMAZIONI

• Condizione: Nuovo
• ISBN: 9780300071214
• Collana: Chretien de Troyes Romances
• Dimensioni: 208 x 14.38 x 145 mm Ø 314 gr
• Formato: Brossura
• Pagine Arabe: 248
• Traduttore: Raffel, Professor Burton (Distinguished Arts and Humanities,Professor of English, University of Louisiana)