Three Arthurian Romances: Poems from Medieval France : Caradoc, the Knight With the Sword, the Perilous Graveyard (Everyman's Library (Paper))

Book Description
The three romances here collected-Caradoc, The Knight with the Sword, The Perilous Graveyard- are more likely to praise a knight's ability to increase his own prestige than to embody lofty values. Replete with fantastic symbols and erotic adventures, these poems unveil a world of an unexpectedly modern barbarity, populated by villains and heroes who battle evil with impure intentions.

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Text: English (translation)

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Rather than stories of knights embodying lofty values and inventing ethereal symbols, the three medieval Arthurian romances here are more likely to praise the knights' ability to increase their own prestige, and to contain fantastic symbols and episodes relating to less spiritual values.


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