Lancelot; Or, the Knight of the Cart - Softcover

It certainly is a tour de force . . . for those who prefer verse, this presentation has much to recommend it. --Modern Language Review Cline has managed a tour de force . . . her lilting translations are trend-setting in the translation of medieval material. --Translation Review There must be room for a rhymed verse translation of Lancelot; I doubt if we shall see a better one. --French Studies Cline's verse gives far more a sense that Chr tien composed poetic narrative. Highly recommended. --Forum for Modern Language Studies

In this verse translation of Chr tien de Troyes's Lancelot, Ruth Harwood Cline revives the original story of the immortal love affair between Sir Lancelot and Queen Guinevere, a tale that has spawned interpretations ranging from Malory's Le Morte d'Arthur to Lerner and Lowe's Camelot. By remaining faithful to Chr tien's highly structured form, Cline preserves the pace, the pungency of proverbial expressions, and the work's poetical devices and word play in translating this archetypal tale of courtly love from Old French into modern English. Cline's introduction--containing a description of Arthur in history and literature, a discussion of courtly love, and an account of the continuations of the story of Lancelot and Guinevere--makes Lancelot an ideal classroom text.