Yvain; or, The Knight with the Lion
Chretien de Troyes author Ruth Harwood Cline translator Ruth Harwood Cline editor
Format:Paperback
Publisher:University of Georgia Press
Published:1st Dec '84
Should be back in stock very soon
This verse translation of Yvain; or, The Knight with the Lion brings to life a fast-paced yet remarkably subtle work often considered to be the masterpiece of the twelfth-century French writer Chrétien de Troyes. The creator of the Arthurian romance as a genre, Chrétien is revealed in this work as a witty, versatile writer who mastered both the soaring flight of emotion and the devastating aside and was as skillful a debater of the finer points of love as he was a describer of battles.
Chretien, twelfth-century French poet, is one of the fountainheads of Arthurian romance. . . . Cline brings Yvain to glowing, entertaining life in a delightful, sprightly, colloquial rhyming version worthy of the best translations from the French by Richard Wilbur. . . . One hopes Cline will do the whole canon of Chretien—it would be a marvelous enrichment of accessible Arthurian literature.
-- Wall Street JournalCline demonstrates impressive abilities as a translator.
-- Romance PhilologyA narrative which progresses rapidly and freely, which is easily and pleasantly read. . . . It would be useful as a text for courses in literature in translation, comparative literature, and medieval culture.
-- Modern Language JournalMore than any previous translator, Cline succeeds in translating energetic exchanges between characters and the playful tone of the narrator.
-- Translation ReviewCline's translation shows a remarkable appreciation of Chrétien's genius; she succeeds splendidly in capturing his witty style, irony, playfulness.
-- Book ExchangeISBN: 9780820307589
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224 pages