Yvain; or, The Knight with the Lion

Chretien De Troyes; Ruth Harwood Cline (trns.)

ISBN 10: 0820307580 / ISBN 13: 9780820307589

Published by University of Georgia Press, 1984

About this Item

A very good plus condition copy. Bright and clean wraps. Light shelf wear. Rear panel one creased corner. The spine is flat. The edition appears little read. Internally, the pages are clean, bright and free of any markings or marginalia. A copy in excellent condition.

Seller Inventory # 7962

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Yvain; or, The Knight with the Lion
• Publisher: University of Georgia Press
• Publication Date: 1984
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0820307580
• ISBN 13: 9780820307589
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: Very Good

About this title

Synopsis

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.

About the Author

CHRÉTIEN DE TROYES (1135?–1191?) was a French poet and trouvère. He is widely regarded as the creator of the literary genre known as the Arthurian romance, and the originator of the heroic medieval character Lancelot.