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Record Nr.

UNINA9910452177903321

Autore

Chrétien, de Troyes, <12th cent.>

Titolo

Lancelot [[electronic resource] ] : the knight of the cart / / Chrétien de Troyes ; translated from the Old French by Burton Raffel ; afterword by Joseph J. Duggan

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New Haven, : Yale University Press, c1997

ISBN

0-300-13320-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (255 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

RaffelBurton

Disciplina

841/.1

Soggetti

Lancelot (Legendary character)

Romances

Knights and knighthood

Arthurian romances

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [239]-241).

Nota di contenuto

Front matter -- Contents -- Translator's Preface -- Lancelot: The Knight of the Cart -- Afterword -- Recommended for Further Reading

Sommario/riassunto

In this outstanding new translation of Lancelot, Burton Raffel brings to English language readers the fourth of Chrétien's five surviving romantic Arthurian poems. This poem was the first to introduce Lancelot as an important figure in the King Arthur legend.