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Binding: PaperbackDewey Decimal Number: 843.1 EAN: 9780140445213 ISBN: 0140445218 Label: Penguin Classics Manufacturer: Penguin Classics Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 528 Publication Date: June 04, 2004 Publisher: Penguin Classics Studio: Penguin Classics Editorial Review: Product Description: Taking the legends surrounding King Arthur and weaving in new psychological elements of personal desire and courtly manner, Chretien de Troyes fashioned a new form of medieval Romance. The Knight of the Cart is the first telling of the adulterous relationship between Lancelot and Arthur's Queen Guinevere, and in The Knight with the Lion Yvain neglects his bride in his quest for greater glory. Erec and Enide explores a knight's conflict between love and honour, Cliges exalts the possibility of pure love outside marriage, while the haunting The Story of the Grail chronicles the legendary quest. Rich in symbolism, these evocative tales combine closely observed detail with fantastic adventure to create a compelling world that profoundly influenced Malory, and are the basis of the Arthurian legends we know today. Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Drawing legends from legends, conventions from mythsD.D.R. Owen, late professor emeritus of French in the University of St. Andrews, states of his translation that he kept "the needs of students" in mind. For that reason, Owen tells us, his "renderings...incline towards the literal." In other words Owen's translation of Chrétien of Troyes's "Arthurian Romances" shuns poetic and literary licence. Decide what you want. This is a scholar's book, a dry literal translation from twelfth century French of original tales that were too long to start with. ... Read More Rating:  - Free SF ReaderThere are several examples of the French chivalrous tradition here, and all that courtly love stuff. Or, how to wear shiny armor, look pretty, do what your religion tells you, be nice to ladies but don't knock them off their pedestals. Try to get really, really good at killing people and beating people up, too. Rating:  - Read this and you'll appreciate Cervantes.An awful yawner. It shows all the reasons chivalry made for tiresome tales, and why the world needed Don Quixote so badly. The Chretien de Troyes version of Lancelot is repetitious, has many loose ends, and is full of plot holes. Lancelot jumps into a cart to shame himself in pursuit of Guenivere. Before Lancelot jumps into the cart, the narrator states that "reason is the enemy of love." In the scope of the book, and the code of chivalry, reason is the enemy of this genre. ... Read More Rating:  - Early ArthurChretien de Troyes is an early French romantic writing, who wrote the first known story about the Holy Grail. De Troyes lived in the Champagne region of France during the latter twelfth century. Peripherally attached to courts including that of the famous Eleanor of Acquitaine, de Troyes stories of the Arthurian legends provides a foundation for almost all future Arthurian stories. Chretien's major works include four poems included in this collection: Erec and Enide, Cliges, The Knight ... Read More Rating: - School days...Got it for school, but I'm not too big on romances so maybe I'm biased. I'm trying. It's a pretty good story...actually a set of stories written by this Troyes guy, all about everyone except noble King Arthur. Gotta buy a different book to get the sword in the stone story. Great for in depth details on the romance-period view of the barbarian Arthurian story, and even better for writing a detailed paper on it. If you're into Arthurian stories (and already know the story lines of ... Read More |
