Chrétien

Although he didn't invent the Round Table or the tales of its fellowship, the twelfth-century poet Chrétien de Troyes was the first to recount in verse the adventures of Arthur's knights. He is also chiefly responsible for establishing the importance of the Arthurian legend in European literature and assuring its survival into modern times. This sensitive translation of Chrétien's verse narratives features four romances, including those of Erec...

Chrétien's works include five major poems in rhyming eight-syllable couplets. Four of these are complete; 'Erec and Enide' (c. 1170); 'Cligès' (c. 1176), and 'Yvain, the Knight of the Lion' and 'Lancelot, the Knight of the Cart', both written simultaneously between 1177 and 1181. Chrétien's final romance was 'Perceval, the Story of the Grail', written between 1181 and 1190, but left unfinished, though some scholars have disputed this. This volume...

En juillet 1933, dans un petit village de Bavière, les communistes Anton et Léonore Maëcht sont arrêtés par des hommes de la SA. Luise Maëcht assiste impuissante à l'arrestation de ses parents. Elle ignore que le Parti communiste allemand, qui compte un million de membres, commence à s'organiser pour résister au régime nazi. Après l'incendie du Reichstag, indûment imputé au communiste Marinus van Der Lubbe, des milliers d'opposants sont...

It tells the story of the knight Cligès and his love for his uncle's wife, Fenice. Because of the story's de-romanticized depiction of adultery, it has been, called a criticism or parody of the Tristan and Isolde romances. Cligès scholar Lucie Polak not only verifies the Tristan and Isolde reworking found in the text, but also, suggests that Cligès may be, modeled after Ovid's character Narcissus. Chrétien's works include five major poems in rhyming...

Perceval ou le Conte du Graal est un roman médiéval de Chrétien de Troyes, écrit au XIIe siècle. Le livre raconte l'histoire de Perceval, un jeune homme naïf et inexpérimenté qui, après avoir quitté sa mère pour devenir un chevalier, rencontre une série de personnages mystérieux et affronte des épreuves dangereuses. Le récit suit la quête de Perceval pour trouver le Graal, une relique sacrée qui a le pouvoir de guérir toute blessure...

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Constance's sheltered life turns upside down when tragedy strikes. Leaving her with the memories of how she has lived, loved, and died in the past. Logic, laws, and reasoning have always guided Gabriel Collins life until his past comes back to haunt him. A past he can't yet remember. Sebastian Vega's ability to bend the truth has earned him everthing a man should want. But a black hole of need lay in his soul, driving him to want more. But what...