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Lancelot : the knight of the cart / Chrétien de Troyes ; translated from the Old French by Burton Raffel ; afterword by Joseph J. Duggan.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Chrétien, de Troyes, active 12th century.
- Standardized Title:
- Chevalier de la charrette. English
- Language:
- English
- French, Old (ca. 842-1300)
- Subjects (All):
- Lancelot (Legendary character)--Romances.
- Lancelot.
- Lancelot (Legendary character).
- Romances--Translations into English.
- Romances.
- Knights and knighthood--Poetry.
- Knights and knighthood.
- Arthurian romances.
- Genre:
- Poetry.
- Romances.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (x, 241 pages.)
- Other Title:
- Knight of the cart
- Place of Publication:
- New Haven : Yale University Press, [1997]
- System Details:
- text file
- Summary:
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-241).
- Electronic reproduction. New York Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9780300133202
- 0300133200
- Publisher Number:
- 99969977498
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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