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Lancelot, or, the Knight of the Cart

Lancelot, or, the Knight of the Cart

by Chretiende Troyes (Author), C . R . Harwood (Translator)

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    Paperback 1990

    $37.44
Synopsis

In this verse translation of Chretien 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 Chretien'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.

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More Information

Format: Paperback
 Pages: 272
 Edition: Revised ed.
 Publisher: University of Georgia Press
Published: 31 Aug 1990
ISBN 10: 0820312134
ISBN 13: 9780820312132

Media Reviews

Cline's verse gives far more a sense that Chretien composed poetic narrative. Highly recommended.

--Forum for Modern Language Studies

There must be room for a rhymed verse translation of Lancelot; I doubt if we shall see a better one.

--French Studies

Cline has managed a tour de force . . . her lilting translations are trend-setting in the translation of medieval material.

--Translation Review

It certainly is a tour de force . . . for those who prefer verse, this presentation has much to recommend it.

--Modern Language Review
Author Bio
CHRETIEN DE TROYES (1135?-1191?) was a French poet and trouvere. 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.