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The Romance of Tristan and Iseult

by Joseph Bedier · 1170 · 205 pages

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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 Bedier's edition, which weaves several medieval sources into a seamless whole, elegantly translated by Hilaire Belloc and Paul Rosenfeld.

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Genre
romancehistorical fictionmedievalfolkloremythology
Themes
arthurian
Setting
medievalmiddle agescollegeengland
Mood
romantic
Subject
history
Audience
adult
Length
medium · 205 pages
Form
poetry

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