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1 online resource (287 pages) |
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text file |
| Contents |
Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Suggestions for Further Reading; EREC AND ENIDE; Notes to the Poem; Glossary of Names and Places; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; Y. |
| Summary |
In this new verse translation of one of the great works of French literature, Dorothy Gilbert captures the vivacity, wit, and grace of the first known Arthurian romance. Erec and Enide is the story of the quest and coming of age of a young knight, an illustrious member of Arthur's court, who must learn to balance the demands of a masculine public life--tests of courage, skill, adaptability, and mature judgment--with the equally urgent demands of the private world of love and marriage. We see his wife, Enide, develop as an exemplar of chivalry in the female, not as an Amazon, but as a brave, reso. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Erec (Legendary character) -- Romances.
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Erec (Legendary character) -- Romances. |
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Romances -- Translations into English.
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Romances -- Translations into English. |
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Knights and knighthood -- Poetry.
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Knights and knighthood. |
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Arthurian romances.
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Arthurian romances. |
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Poetry.
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Electronic books.
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Romances.
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Translations.
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Romances.
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Poetry.
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| Added Author |
Gilbert, Dorothy, 1936-
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| Other Form: |
Print version: De Troyes, Chretien. Erec and Enide. CA : University of California Press, ©1992 9780520073456 |
| ISBN |
9780520910973 (electronic book) |
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0520910974 (electronic book) |
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