Yvain: The Knight of the Lion

by Chrétien de Troyes

Book Overview

The twelfth-century French poet Chrétien de Troyes is a major figure in European literature. His courtly romances fathered the Arthurian tradition and influenced countless other poets in England as well as on the continent. Yet because of the difficulty of capturing his swift-moving style in translation, English-speaking audiences are largely unfamiliar with the pleasures of reading his poems. Now, for the first time, an experienced translator of...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300038380
• ISBN13: 9780300038385
• Release Date: September 1987
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.5" x 8.2"