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The Romances of Chrétien de Troyes
Duggan's detailed and well presented study, designed to be read in tandem with the poetic texts, aims to introduce Chrétien to the uninitiated whilst offering fresh interpretations of neglected themes to specialists. A consideration of the life and audience of the 12th-century poet is followed by useful discussions of Chrétien's treatment of kinship and marriage, moral values, responsibility, folklore, knights and ladies. Extensive quotations are in French with an English translation.
390 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 2001
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October 16, 2012
Good translation, really important material with respect to the Grail legend and Chretien's Perceval. The prose was a bit dry and I didn't appreciate the lack of line numbers. Notes were subpar as well.
January 3, 2015
Fun bedtime reading - if read aloud it's the best. This is a good insight into the ideas behind courtly honour as well as a funny and well written bunch of adventure stories.
July 13, 2016
I really enjoyed reading these Medieval stories. My favorite one was Erec and Enide. I had to read these for one of my college classes on Medieval Literature and it was very interesting to be able to read.
I loved, in Erec and Enide, how it was set up into three acts and how all of them were so different from each other.
When I was rereading some other fiction that I really enjoy, I noticed some allusions to the Erec and Enide story, specifically the hunt of the White Stag which I thought was very cool. I'm not sure whether or not the author meant to do it, but it was definitely there.
I had to do a paper on Erec and Enide, so I was able to analyze their relationship and how i changes over the course of the story.
I'm keeping this review pretty short and I may come back to add more later.
I recommend this to anyone who really likes Medieval literature and stories about King Arthur and his court.
I loved, in Erec and Enide, how it was set up into three acts and how all of them were so different from each other.
When I was rereading some other fiction that I really enjoy, I noticed some allusions to the Erec and Enide story, specifically the hunt of the White Stag which I thought was very cool. I'm not sure whether or not the author meant to do it, but it was definitely there.
I had to do a paper on Erec and Enide, so I was able to analyze their relationship and how i changes over the course of the story.
I'm keeping this review pretty short and I may come back to add more later.
I recommend this to anyone who really likes Medieval literature and stories about King Arthur and his court.
March 13, 2012
A little dry
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