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it gives as good an idea as a translation can of the complexity and subtlety of Chr�tien's originals.
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it gives as good an idea as a translation can of the complexity and subtlety of Chr�tien's originals.
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it gives as good an idea as a translation can of the complexity and subtlety of Chr�tien's originals.
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it gives as good an idea as a translation can of the complexity and subtlety of Chr�tien's originals.
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it gives as good an idea as a translation can of the complexity and subtlety of Chr�tien's originals.
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it gives as good an idea as a translation can of the complexity and subtlety of Chr�tien's originals.
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it gives as good an idea as a translation can of the complexity and subtlety of Chr�tien's originals.
The text is provided by a translator who understands the spirit as well as the letter of the original and renders it with style.
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it gives as good an idea as a translation can of the complexity and subtlety of Chr�tien's originals.
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it gives as good an idea as a translation can of the complexity and subtlety of Chr�tien's originals.
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[A]n eminently readable text, done clearly and accurately .
it gives as good an idea as a translation can of the complexity and subtlety of Chr�tien's originals.
The text is provided by a translator who understands the spirit as well as the letter of the original and renders it with style.
[T]his translation should attract a wide audience of students and Arthurian enthusiasts.
-- Speculum [A] significant contribution to the field of medieval studies [and] a pleasure to read.
-- Library Journal These are, above all, stories of courtly love and of knights tested in their devotion to chivalric ideals (with passion and duty often at odds); but they are also thrilling wonder stories of giants, wild men, tame lions, razor-sharp bridges and visits to the Other World.
-- Washington Post Book World This tastefully produced book will be the standard general translation for many years to come.
-- Choice This new translation brings to life for a new generation of readers the stories of King Arthur, Lancelot, Guinevere, Gawain, Perceval, Yvain, and the other knights and ladies of Chr�tien de Troyes' famous romances.
[A]n eminently readable text, done clearly and accurately .
it gives as good an idea as a translation can of the complexity and subtlety of Chr�tien's originals.
The text is provided by a translator who understands the spirit as well as the letter of the original and renders it with style.
[T]his translation should attract a wide audience of students and Arthurian enthusiasts.
-- Speculum [A] significant contribution to the field of medieval studies [and] a pleasure to read.
-- Library Journal These are, above all, stories of courtly love and of knights tested in their devotion to chivalric ideals (with passion and duty often at odds); but they are also thrilling wonder stories of giants, wild men, tame lions, razor-sharp bridges and visits to the Other World.
-- Washington Post Book World This tastefully produced book will be the standard general translation for many years to come.
-- Choice This new translation brings to life for a new generation of readers the stories of King Arthur, Lancelot, Guinevere, Gawain, Perceval, Yvain, and the other knights and ladies of Chr�tien de Troyes' famous romances.
[A]n eminently readable text, done clearly and accurately .
it gives as good an idea as a translation can of the complexity and subtlety of Chr�tien's originals.
The text is provided by a translator who understands the spirit as well as the letter of the original and renders it with style.
[T]his translation should attract a wide audience of students and Arthurian enthusiasts.
-- Speculum [A] significant contribution to the field of medieval studies [and] a pleasure to read.
-- Library Journal These are, above all, stories of courtly love and of knights tested in their devotion to chivalric ideals (with passion and duty often at odds); but they are also thrilling wonder stories of giants, wild men, tame lions, razor-sharp bridges and visits to the Other World.
-- Washington Post Book World This tastefully produced book will be the standard general translation for many years to come.
-- Choice This new translation brings to life for a new generation of readers the stories of King Arthur, Lancelot, Guinevere, Gawain, Perceval, Yvain, and the other knights and ladies of Chr�tien de Troyes' famous romances.
[A]n eminently readable text, done clearly and accurately .
it gives as good an idea as a translation can of the complexity and subtlety of Chr�tien's originals.
The text is provided by a translator who understands the spirit as well as the letter of the original and renders it with style.
[T]his translation should attract a wide audience of students and Arthurian enthusiasts.
-- Speculum [A] significant contribution to the field of medieval studies [and] a pleasure to read.
-- Library Journal These are, above all, stories of courtly love and of knights tested in their devotion to chivalric ideals (with passion and duty often at odds); but they are also thrilling wonder stories of giants, wild men, tame lions, razor-sharp bridges and visits to the Other World.
-- Washington Post Book World This tastefully produced book will be the standard general translation for many years to come.
-- Choice This new translation brings to life for a new generation of readers the stories of King Arthur, Lancelot, Guinevere, Gawain, Perceval, Yvain, and the other knights and ladies of Chr�tien de Troyes' famous romances.
[A]n eminently readable text, done clearly and accurately .
it gives as good an idea as a translation can of the complexity and subtlety of Chr�tien's originals.
The text is provided by a translator who understands the spirit as well as the letter of the original and renders it with style.
[T]his translation should attract a wide audience of students and Arthurian enthusiasts.
-- Speculum [A] significant contribution to the field of medieval studies [and] a pleasure to read.
-- Library Journal These are, above all, stories of courtly love and of knights tested in their devotion to chivalric ideals (with passion and duty often at odds); but they are also thrilling wonder stories of giants, wild men, tame lions, razor-sharp bridges and visits to the Other World.
-- Washington Post Book World This tastefully produced book will be the standard general translation for many years to come.
-- Choice This new translation brings to life for a new generation of readers the stories of King Arthur, Lancelot, Guinevere, Gawain, Perceval, Yvain, and the other knights and ladies of Chr�tien de Troyes' famous romances.
[A]n eminently readable text, done clearly and accurately .
it gives as good an idea as a translation can of the complexity and subtlety of Chr�tien's originals.
The text is provided by a translator who understands the spirit as well as the letter of the original and renders it with style.
[T]his translation should attract a wide audience of students and Arthurian enthusiasts.
-- Speculum [A] significant contribution to the field of medieval studies [and] a pleasure to read.
-- Library Journal These are, above all, stories of courtly love and of knights tested in their devotion to chivalric ideals (with passion and duty often at odds); but they are also thrilling wonder stories of giants, wild men, tame lions, razor-sharp bridges and visits to the Other World.
-- Washington Post Book World This tastefully produced book will be the standard general translation for many years to come.
-- Choice This new translation brings to life for a new generation of readers the stories of King Arthur, Lancelot, Guinevere, Gawain, Perceval, Yvain, and the other knights and ladies of Chr�tien de Troyes' famous romances.
[A]n eminently readable text, done clearly and accurately .
it gives as good an idea as a translation can of the complexity and subtlety of Chr�tien's originals.
The text is provided by a translator who understands the spirit as well as the letter of the original and renders it with style.
[T]his translation should attract a wide audience of students and Arthurian enthusiasts.
-- Speculum [A] significant contribution to the field of medieval studies [and] a pleasure to read.
-- Library Journal These are, above all, stories of courtly love and of knights tested in their devotion to chivalric ideals (with passion and duty often at odds); but they are also thrilling wonder stories of giants, wild men, tame lions, razor-sharp bridges and visits to the Other World.
-- Washington Post Book World This tastefully produced book will be the standard general translation for many years to come.
-- Choice This new translation brings to life for a new generation of readers the stories of King Arthur, Lancelot, Guinevere, Gawain, Perceval, Yvain, and the other knights and ladies of Chr�tien de Troyes' famous romances.
[A]n eminently readable text, done clearly and accurately .
it gives as good an idea as a translation can of the complexity and subtlety of Chr�tien's originals.
The text is provided by a translator who understands the spirit as well as the letter of the original and renders it with style.
[T]his translation should attract a wide audience of students and Arthurian enthusiasts.
-- Speculum [A] significant contribution to the field of medieval studies [and] a pleasure to read.
-- Library Journal These are, above all, stories of courtly love and of knights tested in their devotion to chivalric ideals (with passion and duty often at odds); but they are also thrilling wonder stories of giants, wild men, tame lions, razor-sharp bridges and visits to the Other World.
-- Washington Post Book World This tastefully produced book will be the standard general translation for many years to come.
-- Choice This new translation brings to life for a new generation of readers the stories of King Arthur, Lancelot, Guinevere, Gawain, Perceval, Yvain, and the other knights and ladies of Chr�tien de Troyes' famous romances.
[A]n eminently readable text, done clearly and accurately .
it gives as good an idea as a translation can of the complexity and subtlety of Chr�tien's originals.
The text is provided by a translator who understands the spirit as well as the letter of the original and renders it with style.
[T]his translation should attract a wide audience of students and Arthurian enthusiasts.
-- Speculum [A] significant contribution to the field of medieval studies [and] a pleasure to read.
-- Library Journal These are, above all, stories of courtly love and of knights tested in their devotion to chivalric ideals (with passion and duty often at odds); but they are also thrilling wonder stories of giants, wild men, tame lions, razor-sharp bridges and visits to the Other World.
-- Washington Post Book World This tastefully produced book will be the standard general translation for many years to come.
-- Choice This new translation brings to life for a new generation of readers the stories of King Arthur, Lancelot, Guinevere, Gawain, Perceval, Yvain, and the other knights and ladies of Chr�tien de Troyes' famous romances.
[A]n eminently readable text, done clearly and accurately .
it gives as good an idea as a translation can of the complexity and subtlety of Chr�tien's originals.
The text is provided by a translator who understands the spirit as well as the letter of the original and renders it with style.
[T]his translation should attract a wide audience of students and Arthurian enthusiasts.
-- Speculum [A] significant contribution to the field of medieval studies [and] a pleasure to read.
-- Library Journal These are, above all, stories of courtly love and of knights tested in their devotion to chivalric ideals (with passion and duty often at odds); but they are also thrilling wonder stories of giants, wild men, tame lions, razor-sharp bridges and visits to the Other World.
-- Washington Post Book World This tastefully produced book will be the standard general translation for many years to come.
-- Choice This new translation brings to life for a new generation of readers the stories of King Arthur, Lancelot, Guinevere, Gawain, Perceval, Yvain, and the other knights and ladies of Chr�tien de Troyes' famous romances.
[A]n eminently readable text, done clearly and accurately .
it gives as good an idea as a translation can of the complexity and subtlety of Chr�tien's originals.
The text is provided by a translator who understands the spirit as well as the letter of the original and renders it with style.
[T]his translation should attract a wide audience of students and Arthurian enthusiasts.
-- Speculum [A] significant contribution to the field of medieval studies [and] a pleasure to read.
-- Library Journal These are, above all, stories of courtly love and of knights tested in their devotion to chivalric ideals (with passion and duty often at odds); but they are also thrilling wonder stories of giants, wild men, tame lions, razor-sharp bridges and visits to the Other World.
-- Washington Post Book World This tastefully produced book will be the standard general translation for many years to come.
-- Choice This new translation brings to life for a new generation of readers the stories of King Arthur, Lancelot, Guinevere, Gawain, Perceval, Yvain, and the other knights and ladies of Chr�tien de Troyes' famous romances.
[A]n eminently readable text, done clearly and accurately .
it gives as good an idea as a translation can of the complexity and subtlety of Chr�tien's originals.
The text is provided by a translator who understands the spirit as well as the letter of the original and renders it with style.
[T]his translation should attract a wide audience of students and Arthurian enthusiasts.
-- Speculum [A] significant contribution to the field of medieval studies [and] a pleasure to read.
-- Library Journal These are, above all, stories of courtly love and of knights tested in their devotion to chivalric ideals (with passion and duty often at odds); but they are also thrilling wonder stories of giants, wild men, tame lions, razor-sharp bridges and visits to the Other World.
-- Washington Post Book World This tastefully produced book will be the standard general translation for many years to come.
-- Choice This new translation brings to life for a new generation of readers the stories of King Arthur, Lancelot, Guinevere, Gawain, Perceval, Yvain, and the other knights and ladies of Chr�tien de Troyes' famous romances.