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Paperback Sir Perceval of Galles and Ywain and Gawain Book

ISBN: 1879288605

ISBN13: 9781879288607

Sir Perceval of Galles and Ywain and Gawain

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This volume contains the only known English version of Chretien de Troyes's romance of the naive knight Perceval, Sir Perceval of Galles. The work uses Perceval's ridiculous behavior as a late medieval satire of courtliness. Accompanying this tale is Ywain and Gawain, a translation of a second Chretien poem, Le Chevalier au Lion. Unlike Sir Perceval, this poem extols the virtues of chivalry and honor. These complementary...

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