The Romance of Tristan and Iseult
by:
Joseph Bédier (author)
Hilaire Belloc (translator)
A tale of chivalry and doomed, transcendent love, The Romance of Tristan and Iseult is one of the most resonant works of Western literature, as well as the basis for our enduring idea of romance. The story of the Cornish knight and the Irish princess who meet by deception, fall in love by magic,...
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A tale of chivalry and doomed, transcendent love, The Romance of Tristan and Iseult is one of the most resonant works of Western literature, as well as the basis for our enduring idea of romance. The story of the Cornish knight and the Irish princess who meet by deception, fall in love by magic, and pursue that love in defiance of heavenly and earthly law has inspired artists from Matthew Arnold to Richard Wagner. But nowhere has it been retold with greater eloquence and dignity than in Joseph Bédier’s edition, which weaves several medieval sources into a seamless whole, elegantly translated by Hilaire Belloc and Paul Rosenfeld.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780679750161 (0679750169)
Publish date: 1994-05-31
Publisher: Vintage
Pages no: 205
Edition language: English
*sigh* This is more of a ramble than a review, sorry. tl;dr: Fantastic story, godawful versions. Another post just reminded me of struggling through this last month when daughter had it as assigned reading. Don't get me wrong, I love me some Tristan and Isolde. It's one of my favourite tales, ...
*sigh* This is more of a ramble than a review, sorry. tl;dr: Fantastic story, godawful versions. Another post just reminded me of struggling through this last month when daughter had it as assigned reading. Don't get me wrong, I love me some Tristan and Isolde. It's one of my favourite tales, ...
Na początku wyjaśnijmy sobie parę spraw: do naszych czasów dochowało się kilka wersji średniowiecznego poematu o Tristanie i Izoldzie. Żadna z nich nie jest kompletna, dwie najobszerniejsze różnią się dość znacząco pod względem klimatu i stawianych akcentów. Joseph Bédier te dwie wersje - tzw. wersj...
,Dzieje Tristana i Izoldy" to stara miłosna opowieść, którą spisał około 1900 roku Joseph Bedier. "Dzieje Tristana i Izoldy" uznawane są za jedną z najciekawszych historii o miłości w literaturze światowej. Powieść opiera się na starej, francuskiej legendzie, która odtwarza dzieje miłości króla Loni...
Ah Love: can't live with it, can't live without it.
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