Lancelot; or, The Knight of the Cart
Chrétien de Troyes author Ruth Harwood Cline translator
Format:Paperback
Publisher:University of Georgia Press
Published:1st May '90
Should be back in stock very soon
In this verse translation of Chrétien 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 Chrétien'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.
Cline's verse gives far more a sense that Chrétien composed poetic narrative. Highly recommended.
There must be room for a rhymed verse translation of Lancelot; I doubt if we shall see a better one.
Cline has managed a tour de force . . . her lilting translations are trend-setting in the translation of medieval material.
It certainly is a tour de force . . . for those who prefer verse, this presentation has much to recommend it.
ISBN: 9780820312132
Dimensions: 229mm x 152mm x 20mm
Weight: 567g
272 pages