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Italian Literature III - Il Tristano Corsiniano (Hardcover)
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Italian Literature III - Il Tristano Corsiniano (Hardcover)
Series: Arthurian Archives
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Text and facing English translation of a version of the Tristan
story from north-east Italy. The Tristano Corsiniano is preserved
in a unique manuscript of the Biblioteca Corsiniana housed at the
Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei in Rome (MS 55.K.5; formerly Rossi
2593). Written in a mixture of northeastern Italian dialects, the
manuscript was probably copied in the third quarter of the
fourteenth century. The contents are a much abbreviated descendent
of the noted French prose Roman de Tristan; opening with Dinadan's
amusing discoursesand misadventures, the majority of the story
concerns the famous three-day Tournament at Loverzep, and concludes
with King Arthur and Lancelot visiting Tristan, Yseut and their
companions. The manuscript, although not luxurious,is heavily
decorated with designs that perfectly reflect the vigorous and
spirited narrative style. This volume presents a new edition of the
text, accompanied by the first ever translation into English,
thereby making this important version of the Tristan story
available more widely. It also includes an introduction, listing of
illuminations, bibliography and explanatory notes. Gloria Allaire
is Assistant Professor of Italian at theUniversity of Kentucky.
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