Jaufre : An Occitan Arthurian Romance

ISBN-13: 9781138018532 / Angielski / Twarda / 2014 / 244 str.

Ross Arthur

Opis

This translation presents one of the most memorable medieval ballads, largely because it contains a number of surprises and falsified expectations. Jaufre, the hero, arrives at the court of King Arthur with a total and naive faith in the King and his ability to effect a total transformation in his followers by inducting them into the order of knighthood. As his quest proceeds, he learns the mistake in his idealised view of chivalry and his uncompromising view of pure justice, untempered by mercy. By charting the choices Jaufre makes in military and amorous encounters and the effectiveness of his responses to social trials and temptations, the audience discerns the route to independent adulthood, prestige and virtue, as the poet conceives of them.

Spis treści

Introduction;  Select Bibliography;  Jaufre

O autorze

Arthur, Ross G.