The romantic poems of twelfth-century French poet Chretien de
Troyes were of immense influence across Europe -- widely imitated,
translated, and adapted. Giving rise to a tradition of
story-telling that continues to this day, the poems established the
shape of the nascent Arthurian legend. In this outstanding new
translation of Lancelot, Burton Raffel brings to English-language
readers the fourth of Chretien's five surviving romantic Arthurian
poems. This poem was the first to introduce Lancelot as an
important figure in the King Arthur legend.
Lancelot tells of the adulterous relationship between the knight
and his mistress, Guinevere, the wife of King Arthur. Thematically
this poem differs from Chretien's other romances -- Lancelot and
Guinevere's love is a serious crime against their king, Lancelot
casts aside his knightly ideals and reputation for the sake of his
beloved, and Arthur is endowed with a weaker personality.
Raffel has created an original three-stress metric verse form
that captures Chretien's swift-paced narrative and lively,
sparkling Old French. A consummate translator, Raffel enables the
modern reader and the reader who is unfamiliar with French to
appreciate the beauty of Chretien's original.
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