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Arthurian Romances: "Erec and Enide","Cliges","Lancelot","Yvain","Perceval": Erec and Enide; Cliges; Lancelot; Yvain; Perceval (Penguin Classics) (Paperback)
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all these other countries) Usually dispatched within 48 hours | |Short Description for Arthurian Romances: "Erec and Enide","Cliges","Lancelot","Yvain","Perceval"The "Arthurian Romances" contains prose translations of all five of Chretien's "verse romans" - "Erec and Enide", "Cliges", "Lancelot", "Yvain", "Perceval".
Full description- Publisher: PENGUIN CLASSICS
- Published: 31 January 1991
- Format: Paperback 521 pages
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- Categories: Poetry By Individual Poets
- ISBN 13: 9780140445213 ISBN 10: 0140445218
- Sales rank: 80,136
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Full description for Arthurian Romances: "Erec and Enide","Cliges","Lancelot","Yvain","Perceval"
Taking the legends surrounding King Arthur and weaving in new psychological elements of personal desire and courtly manner, Chretien de Troyes fashioned a new form of medieval Romance. The Knight of the Cart is the first telling of the adulterous relationship between Lancelot and Arthur's Queen Guinevere, and in The Knight with the Lion Yvain neglects his bride in his quest for greater glory. Erec and Enide explores a knight's conflict between love and honour, Cliges exalts the possibility of pure love outside marriage, while the haunting The Story of the Grail chronicles the legendary quest. Rich in symbolism, these evocative tales combine closely observed detail with fantastic adventure to create a compelling world that profoundly influenced Malory, and are the basis of the Arthurian legends we know today.
