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Fantastic adventures abound in these courtly romances: Erec and Enide, Cligés, The Knight of the Cart, The Knight with the Lion, and The Story of the Grail.

For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.

Table of Contents
Translated with Introduction and Notes by William W. Kibler; Erec and Enide translated by Carleton W. Carroll

Introduction
A Note on the Translations
Select Bibliography
Erec and Enide
Cligés
The Knight of the Cart (Lancelot)
The Knight with the Lion (Yvain)
The Story of the Grail (Perceval)
Appendix: The Story of the Grail Continuations
Glossary of Medieval Terms
Notes

Arthurian Romances Penguin Classics

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      Publisher Penguin Random House Group
      Imprint Penguin Classics
      Published 31 January 1991
      ISBN-13 9780140445213
      978-0140445213
      ISBN-10 0140445218
      Also in:
      Poetry ELT & Literary Studies Literary studies: ancient, classical

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Fantastic adventures abound in these courtly romances: Erec and Enide, Cligés, The Knight of the Cart, The Knight with the Lion, and The Story of the Grail.

      For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.

      Table of Contents
      Translated with Introduction and Notes by William W. Kibler; Erec and Enide translated by Carleton W. Carroll

      Introduction
      A Note on the Translations
      Select Bibliography
      Erec and Enide
      Cligés
      The Knight of the Cart (Lancelot)
      The Knight with the Lion (Yvain)
      The Story of the Grail (Perceval)
      Appendix: The Story of the Grail Continuations
      Glossary of Medieval Terms
      Notes

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