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OverviewThe Knights of the Round Table is devoted to translations and adaptations of French narratives featuring King Arthur's knights. It contains prose translations of three of Chretien de Troyes's Arthurian romances: vens saga, the Norse translation of Yvain; Parcevals saga and Valvens pattr ('The Tale of Gawain'), translations of Perceval; and Erex saga, an adaptation of Erec et Enide. While the first two works, produced in Norway, are fairly faithful to their sources, Erex sagadiverges considerably in content and structure from the French source and most likely represents a thorough revision by an Icelander of what was originally a Norwegian translation. Additionally, the volume contains both an Old Norse translation and an Icelandic adaptation of the French Lai du cort mantel, the ribald story of a chastity-testing mantle at King Arthur's court. The Norse prose translation Mottuls sagawas produced at the behest of the same King Hakon who ordered the translation of the Tristan legend. In the fourteenth century a rhymed version of the saga, Skkikkju rimur, was produced in Iceland.The translators are: MARIANNE E. KALINKE, KIRSTEN WOLF, HELEN MACLEAN and MATTHEW JAMES DRISCOLL Professor MARIANNE E. KALINKE teaches in the Department of Germanic Languages and Literatures at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Marianne Kalinke (Royalty Account) , Helen Maclean , Matthew DriscollPublisher: Boydell & Brewer Ltd Imprint: D.S. Brewer Volume: v. 4 Dimensions: Width: 15.60cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 23.40cm Weight: 0.001kg ISBN: 9780859915564ISBN 10: 0859915565 Pages: 336 Publication Date: 16 September 1999 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Out of Print Availability: In Print Limited stock is available. It will be ordered for you and shipped pending supplier's limited stock. Language: English & Medieval Norse Table of ContentsReviewsAuthor InformationTab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |