The Romance of Tristan
The Tale of Tristan's Madness
$29.94
- Paperback
176 pages
- Release Date
1 August 1978
Summary
Alan S. Fedrick’s prose translation captures the unique flavour and elemental drive of the original French.
One of the earliest extant versions of the Tristan and Yseut story, Beroul’s French manuscript of The Romance of Tristan dates back to the middle of the twelfth century. It recounts the legend of Tristan, nephew of King Mark of Cornwall, and the king’s Irish wife Yseut, who fall passionately in love after mistakenly drinking a potion. Their illicit romance remains secre…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780140442304 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0140442308 |
| Author: | Beroul, Alan Fedrick |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Classics |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 176 |
| Edition: | 1st |
| Release Date: | 1 August 1978 |
| Weight: | 134g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 129mm x 10mm |
| Series: | Penguin Classics |
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About The Author
Beroul
Béroul was a Norman poet of the twelfth century. He wrote a Norman language version of the Tristan and Iseult story of which 3000 verses survive today, preserved at the Bibliothèque Nationale in Paris.
Alan S. Fedrick is a writer and translator who is best known for his translation of Beroul’s The Romance of Tristan: The Tale of Tristan’s Madness, for which he also wrote the introduction.
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