Erec and Enide / Chrétien de Troyes ; translated with an introduction and notes by Dorothy Gilbert.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Chrétien, de Troyes, active 12th century.

Contributor:

Gilbert, Dorothy, 1936-

Standardized Title:

Érec et Énide. English

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Erec (Legendary character)--Romances.

Erec.

Arthurian romances.

Knights and knighthood--Poetry.

Knights and knighthood.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (287 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Berkeley : University of California Press, 1992.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In this new verse translation of one of the great works of French literature, Dorothy Gilbert captures the vivacity, wit, and grace of the first known Arthurian romance. Erec and Enide is the story of the quest and coming of age of a young knight, an illustrious member of Arthur's court, who must learn to balance the demands of a masculine public life-tests of courage, skill, adaptability, and mature judgment-with the equally urgent demands of the private world of love and marriage. We see his wife, Enide, develop as an exemplar of chivalry in the female, not as an Amazon, but as a brave, resolute, and wise woman. Composed ca. 1170, Erec and Enide masterfully combines elements of Celtic legend, classical and ecclesiastical learning, and French medieval culture and ideals.In choosing to write in rhymed octosyllabic couplets-Chrétien's prosodic pattern-Dorothy Gilbert has tried to reproduce what so often gets lost in prose or free verse translations: the precise and delicate meter; the rhyme, with its rich possibilities for emphasis, nuance, puns and jokes; and the "mantic power" implicit in proper names. The result will enable the scholar who cannot read Old French, the student of literature, and the general reader to gain a more sensitive and immediate understanding of the form and spirit of Chrétien's poetry, and to appreciate the more Chrétien's great contribution to European literature.

Contents:

Frontmatter

CONTENTS

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Suggestions for Further Reading

EREC AND ENIDE

Notes to the Poem

Glossary of Names and Places

Notes:

Translated from the Old French.

Translation of: Eric et Enide / Chrétien de Troyes.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 253-263).

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ISBN:

9786612355875

9781282355873

1282355872

9780520910973

0520910974

OCLC:

773564930