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Written in the early thirteenth century and universally considered a major work of European literature, Lancelot greatly influenced Malory, Tennyson, T.H. White and others. This edition presents, for the first time in English translation, the original, short version, which tells of Lancelot's childhood, his arrival at King Arthur's court, and the flowering of his legendary love affair with Queen Guinevere.
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The edition presents Lancelot's childhood, his arrival at King Arthur's court, and the flowering of his legendary love affair with Queen Guinevere.
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Van Merrell
reviewed Lancelot of the Lake on May 12, 2019
Lancelot of the Lake
Took me almost a year to get through. Parts read like bad fanfiction which is entertaining in a manuscript from the thirteenth century. Fainting was fairly common, especially for any female. But the knights did their share of that as well. Lots of tears, lots of lances shattering.
The translation was easy to read, and I appreciated that some 'chapters' were just summarized, because this text was long enough already.
Lancelot of the Lake diverges from the legend as it is now told. This was written before Lancelot was connected to the search for the Holy Grail and it was interesting to see how that changed the framing of his exploits and relationship with Guinevere.
Some of the roots of fantasy writing were evident in the text as the knights fought giants, battled enchantments, and passed through booby traps. The honor system that all the knights live by was also interesting, if pretty alien compared to the way combat is handled now.
Overall an interesting read, I'm not sure if I'll ever read it again all the way through, but I will probably come back to some of the more outrageous passages.
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