First English translation of Iwein[B], a German adaptation of
Chretien's famous Yvain. Iwein, or The Knight with the Lion, is a
free Middle High German adaptation of Chretien de Troyes' Old
French Arthurian romance, Yvain. Written c.1200 by a Swabian
knight, Hartmann von Aue, Iwein chartsthe development towards
maturity of a young knight who falls into error, neglecting his
hard-won wife by devoting himself excessively to chivalric
pursuits. This parallel-text edition, offering the first English
translation,is based on one of the two earliest complete
manuscripts, Giessen, University Library, no. 97 (Iwein B), dating
from the second quarter of the thirteenth century. It contains a
large number of lines, particularly in the later stages of the
poem, which are not present in the other early manuscript, A
(Heidelberg, cpg 397). These show a special interest in the woman's
side of the story, expanding a passage concerned with embroidery
and weaving, and adding a marriage for the maidservant Lunet, whose
cunning brings about the reconciliation between Iwein and her
mistress, Laudine. The authorship of these passages is uncertain,
but they may be Hartmann's own revision of his text.The volume is
completed with an introduction, notes and bibliography. The late
CYRIL EDWARDS was Senior Research Fellow of the Faculty of Medieval
and Modern Languages, University of Oxford.
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