Sir Lancelot of the Lake - A French Prose Romance of the Thirteenth Century

This translation of Lancelot del Lac was published in 1929 to present easily the essential parts of the history of Sir Lancelot from three thirteenth century romances - Le livre de Lancelot del Lac, Le queste del saint graal, and La mort le roi Artus. The translator summarises the sections not fully translated to link the sections together. This was the first serious attempt to produce a modern English rendering of the French material, as Malory used a relatively small portion of the French trilogy in writing Morte Darthur.

List of contents

Introduction 1. Sir Lancelot in Legend and in Literature 2. Lanzelet 3. Le Conte de la Charrette (The Story of ther Cart) 4. The Prose Trilogy Part 1: The Book of Lancelot of the Lake Part 2: The Quest of the Holy Grail Part 3: The Death of King Arthur

About the author

Translated from French and with an introduction and notes by Lucy Allen Paton.

Summary

This translation of Lancelot del Lac was published in 1929 to present easily the essential parts of the history of Sir Lancelot from three thirteenth century romances – Le livre de Lancelot del Lac, Le queste del saint graal, and La mort le roi Artus. The translator summarises the sections not fully translated to link the sections together. This was the first serious attempt to produce a modern English rendering of the French material, as Malory used a relatively small portion of the French trilogy in writing Morte Darthur.

Product details

• Authors: Lucy Allen Paton
• Assisted by: Lucy Allen Paton (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.08.2014
• EAN: 9781138778016
• ISBN: 978-1-138-77801-6
• No. of pages: 534
• Series: Routledge Library Editions: Ar; Routledge Library Editions: Arthurian Literature; Routledge Library Editions: Arthurian Literature
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies