{"product_id":"isir-tristremi-9781914967085","title":"iSir Tristremi","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA vibrant revival of a neglected witty and daring medieval gem, and a foundational work for English romance and translation studies. Essential reading for students of medieval literature and manuscript culture.\u003c\/b\u003eIn the late thirteenth century, as English began to assert itself against Anglo-Norman and French literary traditions, \u003ci\u003eSir Tristrem\u003c\/i\u003e emerged as one of the earliest and most inventive Middle English romances. Uniquely preserved in the Auchinleck Manuscript, this poem reimagines the Tristan legend with a bold comic tone, distinctive stanza form, and a sharp awareness of its audience's expectations. Both a translation and a transformation of Thomas of Britain's \u003ci\u003eTristran\u003c\/i\u003e (c.1170), it stands alongside the more courtly German and Norwegian retellings by Gottfried von Strassburg and Brother Robert of Norway-yet diverges from both in its brevity, tonal shifts, and performative agility.This edition pairs a lively modern English verse translation with the complete Middle English text-offering, for the first time, a dual-language format that remains sensitive to the poem's performance-driven origins. The accompanying study reconsiders \u003ci\u003eSir Tristrem\u003c\/i\u003e not only as literature, but as a document of transmission: oral, scribal, and manuscript. It explores its triangulated relationship with other Tristan traditions, its place within a manuscript collection of romances shaped by translation, and the formal innovations through which it reshapes a familiar narrative.Resisting the reductive labels of its critical past, \u003ci\u003eSir Tristrem\u003c\/i\u003e, as presented here, reclaims its role as a serious, playful, and quintessentially English contribution to medieval narrative tradition.","brand":"Boydell \u0026 Brewer Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53191539654999,"sku":"9781914967085","price":112.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/isir-tristremi-9781914967085","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}