Lancelot, or, the Knight of the Cart (LE CHEVALIER DE LA CHARRETE) - Hardcover

Chretien De Troyes

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9780824094423: Lancelot, or, the Knight of the Cart (LE CHEVALIER DE LA CHARRETE)

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ISBN 10: 0824094425 ISBN 13: 9780824094423

Publisher: Scholarly Title, 1981

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Chr�tien de Troyes was a 12th century French poet known for his poems about King Arthur. Troyes also created the character Lancelot.

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"Cline has managed a tour de force . . . her lilting translations are trend-setting in the translation of medieval material."--"Translation Review"

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Chr�tien de Troyes was a late 12th century French poet and trouv�re known for his work on Arthurian subjects, and for originating the character Lancelot. This work represents some of the best-regarded of medieval literature. His use of structure, particularly in Yvain, the Knight of the Lion, has been seen as a step towards the modern novel. Chr�tien may have become known as Christian of Troyes in contrast to the Jewish Rashi, also of Troyes[citation needed]. Little is known of his life, but he seems to have been from Troyes, or at least intimately connected with it, and between 1160 and 1172 he served at the court of his patroness Marie of France, Countess of Champagne, daughter of Eleanor of Aquitaine, perhaps as herald-at-arms (as Gaston Paris speculated). One source of information on Chr�tien de Troyes' novels is the book by M. Altieri entitled, Les Romans de Chr�tien de Troyes: Leur perspective proverbiale et gnomique (1976, A G Nizet, Paris).

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