Lancelot, Or, the Knight of the Cart
Chretien De Troyes / Chr Tien De Troyes
In this verse translation of Chretien de Troyes's "Lancelot, " Ruth Harwood Cline revives the original story of the immortal love affair between Sir Lancelot and Queen Guinevere, a tale that has spawned interpretations ranging from Malory's "Le Morte d'Arthur" to Lerner and Lowe's "Camelot."By remaining faithful to Chretien's highly structured form, Cline preserves the pace, the pungency of proverbial expressions, and the work's poetical devic...