The "Tristan and Isolde" of Gottfried von Strassburg
By: tr. with introd., notes and connecting summaries by Edwin H. Zeydel.
Contributors: Tristan.; Thomas (Anglo-Norman poet); Bechstein, Reinhold, 1833-1894.; Zeydel, Edwin Hermann, 1893- tr.
Publisher: Princeton Univ. Press for Univ. of Cincinnati
Published: 1948
Place of publication: Princeton
Language: eng; ger
Number of pages: 209
Subjects: Tristan (Legendary character) -- Romances.; Iseult (Legendary character) -- Romances.
Genres: Romances.
Notes: Bibliographies included in Introduction (p. 1-18)
The source of Gottfried's poem is the epic of Thomas, the Anglo-Norman poet.
The text, which is based principally on the 5th German ed. of Reinhold Bechstein, is a line for line translation of a third of the work with prose summaries for the remainder.