Medieval Arthurian Epic and Romance
Subtitle: Eight New Translations
By: edited by William W. Kibler and R. Barton Palmer
Publisher: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Jefferson, North Carolina
Language: eng
Number of pages: 293
ISBN-13: 9780786447794; 9781476614663
Subjects: Arthurian romances; English literature; English Epic literature; Chivalry in literature
Description: "This volume offers newly translated texts that exemplify the two most important traditions of Arthurian literature in the Middle Ages. These selections emphasize the connection between secular and religious understandings of chivalry that is the most distinctive quality of medieval Arthurian romance. Useful as a classroom text, the volume provides material for a semester's worth of study"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 285-287) and index.