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Dorothy Gilbert (trans) and
de Troyes Chretien
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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Univ of California Pr
Publication date
December 1, 1992
Binding
Hardcover
Book category
Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13
9780520073456
ISBN-10
0520073452
Dimensions
1 by 5.75 by 8.75 in.
Weight
1.05 lbs.
Availability§
Out of Print
Original list price
$85.00
Other format details
university press
§As reported by publisher
Summaries and Reviews
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In this new verse translation of one of the great works of French literature, Dorothy Gilbert captures the vivacity, wit, and grace of the first known Arthurian romance. Erec and Enide is the story of the quest and coming of age of a young knight, an illustrious member of Arthur's court, who must learn to balance the demands of a masculine public lifeâtests of courage, skill, adaptability, and mature judgmentâwith the equally urgent demands of the private world of love and marriage. We see his wife, Enide, develop as an exemplar of chivalry in the female, not as an Amazon, but as a brave, resolute, and wise woman. Composed ca. 1170, Erec and Enide masterfully combines elements of Celtic legend, classical and ecclesiastical learning, and French medieval culture and ideals.
In choosing to write in rhymed octosyllabic coupletsâChrétien's prosodic patternâDorothy Gilbert has tried to reproduce what so often gets lost in prose or free verse translations: the precise and delicate meter; the rhyme, with its rich possibilities for emphasis, nuance, puns and jokes; and the "mantic power" implicit in proper names. The result will enable the scholar who cannot read Old French, the student of literature, and the general reader to gain a more sensitive and immediate understanding of the form and spirit of Chrétien's poetry, and to appreciate the more Chrétien's great contribution to European literature.
In choosing to write in rhymed octosyllabic coupletsâChrétien's prosodic patternâDorothy Gilbert has tried to reproduce what so often gets lost in prose or free verse translations: the precise and delicate meter; the rhyme, with its rich possibilities for emphasis, nuance, puns and jokes; and the "mantic power" implicit in proper names. The result will enable the scholar who cannot read Old French, the student of literature, and the general reader to gain a more sensitive and immediate understanding of the form and spirit of Chrétien's poetry, and to appreciate the more Chrétien's great contribution to European literature.
Editions
Hardcover
With Ruth Harwood Cline (other contributor) |
from Univ of Georgia Pr (February 1, 2000)
9780820321462 | details & prices | 225 pages | 6.25 × 9.25 × 1.00 in. | 1.30 lbs | List price $59.95
About: Erec and Enide marks the birth of the Arthurian romance as a literary genre.
About: Erec and Enide marks the birth of the Arthurian romance as a literary genre.
With Burton Raffel (other contributor) |
from Yale Univ Pr (February 27, 1997)
9780300067705 | details & prices | 236 pages | 6.00 × 8.75 × 0.75 in. | 0.95 lbs | List price $50.00
About: "Erec and Enide", the first of five surviving Arthurian romantic poems by 12th-century French poet Chretien de Troyes, narrates a chapter from the legend of King Arthur.
About: "Erec and Enide", the first of five surviving Arthurian romantic poems by 12th-century French poet Chretien de Troyes, narrates a chapter from the legend of King Arthur.
The price comparison is for this edition
With Dorothy Gilbert (other contributor) |
from Univ of California Pr (December 1, 1992)
9780520073456 | details & prices | 5.75 × 8.75 × 1.00 in. | 1.05 lbs | List price $85.00
About: In this new verse translation of one of the great works of French literature, Dorothy Gilbert captures the vivacity, wit, and grace of the first known Arthurian romance.
About: In this new verse translation of one of the great works of French literature, Dorothy Gilbert captures the vivacity, wit, and grace of the first known Arthurian romance.
Paperback
With Ruth Harwood Cline (other contributor) |
from Univ of Georgia Pr (February 1, 2000)
9780820321417 | details & prices | 225 pages | 6.00 × 9.00 × 0.75 in. | 0.90 lbs | List price $26.95
With Burton Raffel (other contributor) |
from Yale Univ Pr (January 1, 1997)
9780300067712 | details & prices | 5.75 × 8.50 × 0.50 in. | 0.65 lbs | List price $26.00
About: Erec and Enide, the first of five surviving Arthurian romantic poems by twelfth-century French poet Chrétien de Troyes, narrates a vivid chapter from the legend of King Arthur.
About: Erec and Enide, the first of five surviving Arthurian romantic poems by twelfth-century French poet Chrétien de Troyes, narrates a vivid chapter from the legend of King Arthur.
With Chrtien de Troyes, Dorothy Gilbert (other contributor) |
from Univ of California Pr (December 1, 1992)
9780520073463 | details & prices | 5.75 × 8.50 × 1.00 in. | 0.75 lbs | List price $31.95
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