Yvain; or, The Knight with the Lion

Chretien De Troyes; Ruth Harwood Cline

ISBN 10: 0820307580 / ISBN 13: 9780820307589

Published by University of Georgia Press, 1984

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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

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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.