Arthurian Romances
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Arthurian Romances   -     By: Chretien de Troyes

Arthurian Romances

Penguin Classics / 1991 / Paperback

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This volume contains new prose translations of his five romances: Erec and Enide, which explores the dilemma of the knight who must strive to reconcile the demands of both his honour and his love; Cliges, wonderful in its irony and insight into the hearts of lovers; The Knight of the Cart, telling of the adulterous relationship between Lancelot and King Arthur's wife, Guinevere; The Knight with the Lion, a romance filled with fantastic adventures; and the ever haunting and mysterious The Story of the Grail.

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Title: Arthurian Romances
By: Chretien de Troyes
Format: Paperback
Number of Pages: 521
Vendor: Penguin Classics
Publication Date: 1991
Dimensions: 7.79 X 5.08 X 1.00 (inches)
Weight: 13 ounces
ISBN: 0140445218
ISBN-13: 9780140445213
Stock No: WW445218

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Fantastic adventures abound in these courtly romances: Erec and Enide, Cligés, The Knight of the Cart, The Knight with the Lion, and The Story of the Grail.

For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.

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Chretien de Troyes wrote in French in the second half of the twelfth century. Very little is known about his life.

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