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In this outstanding new translation of Lancelot, Burton Raffel brings to English language readers the fourth of Chrétien's five surviving romantic Arthurian poems. This poem was the first to introduce Lancelot as an important figure in the King Arthur legend.

In this verse translation of Chr tien de Troyes's Lancelot, Ruth Harwood Cline revives the original story of the immortal love affair between Sir Lancelot and Queen Guinevere, a tale that has spawned interpretations ranging from Malory's Le Morte d'Arthur to... Read Full Overview

Chretien de Troyes was a 12th century French poet known for his poems about King Arthur. Troyes also created the character Lancelot."

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... Read Full Overview

Le Chevalier de la charrette is a novel with links to the future. The motif of the quest that Chretien de Troyes uses here for the first time would form the central thread of the great novelistic cycles of the following centuries. Le Chevalier de la charrette also establishes... Read Full Overview

Lancelot, the Knight of the Cart is an epic poem by Chr tien de Troyes and is notable for being possibly the first treatment of Lancelot. If not the first story with the famous knight, it is certainly the most important, fully giving Lancelot a prominent position among the Knights... Read Full Overview

Originlly published in 1984, this book contains the full text of Lancelot or, The Knight of the Cart, the third or fourth major work by the twelfth-century poet Chr?tien de Troyes, alongisde a full translation and textual notes.