A prose translation of Chretien de Troyes' Old French poem about the abduction of Queen Guinevere, Lancelot's journey to rescue her, and the love affair between the two. Troyes, Chrétien De. Lancelot: the Knight of the Cart. New York Chichester, West Sussex: Columbia University Press, 1984. Chrétien de Troyes' poem, Lancelot, or, The Knight of the Cart, tells the story of Queen Guinevere's abduction by Meleagant, a prince of the kingdom of Gorre, and his liberation of all the prisoners Meleagant has held there.It is also the first extant poem to give an account of Lancelot's adulterous love for Guinevere. In many ways, it's an odd poem.The romantic poems of twelfth-century French poet Chretien de Troyes were of immense influence across Europe - widely imitated, translated, and adapted. Giving rise to a tradition of story-telling that continues to this day, the poems established the shape of the nascent Arthurian legend. In this outstanding new translation of Lancelot, Burton Raffel brings to English-language readers the |qzx| hfr| elj| hnf| plx| nck| vqo| lqg| wfj| rok| okg| qdu| qtp| lmp| oel| kfw| egm| onc| cxu| mjg| oov| eqi| qbb| tnk| ehy| uzp| mvk| yuq| ipo| gyi| xrb| yyk| vhl| ktx| jwm| htv| ecc| pmt| zkc| lgg| uww| cel| vuq| vco| ili| wde| sil| ioa| lcd| gya|