Erec and Enide

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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 mu...

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Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal: De Troyes, Chretien
Autres auteurs: Gilbert, Dorothy
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: CA : University of California Press, 1992.
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Sujets:
Romances.
Knights and knighthood.
Erec (Legendary character)
Arthurian romances.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > General.
POETRY > Continental European.
Cycle d'Arthur.
Érec (Personnage legendaire) > Romans, nouvelles, etc.
Knights and knighthood > Poetry.
Romances > Translations into English.
Erec (Legendary character) > Romances.
Translations.
Poetry.
Electronic books.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
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Résumé: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 life--tests of courage, skill, adaptability, and mature judgment--with 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, reso.
Description matérielle:1 online resource (288 pages).
ISBN:9780520910973

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