Lancelot-Grail: 5. Lancelot part V and VI
Regular price
€43.99
14 days return policy
Shipping & Delivery
Age Group_Uncategorized
Age Group_Uncategorized
Arthur's court
Arthur's wars
automatic-update
B01=Norris J. Lacy
B06=Carleton W. Carroll
B06=Professor William W. Kibler
Category1=Non-Fiction
Category=DSBB
Chivalric elements
COP=United Kingdom
Delivery_Delivery within 10-20 working days
eq_bestseller
eq_biography-true-stories
eq_isMigrated=2
eq_nobargain
eq_non-fiction
Galahad
Grail quest
Guinevere
Lancelot
Language_English
Love
Loyalty
PA=Available
Price_€20 to €50
Prowess
PS=Active
Romance
softlaunch
Product details
- ISBN 9781843842361
- Weight: 668g
- Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
- Publication Date: 31 Oct 2010
- Publisher: Boydell & Brewer Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
- Language: English
Secure
checkout
Fast Shipping
Easy returns
Lancelot is the central romance of the Vulgate Cycle, in which the chivalric elements in Arthur's court come to the fore. These chivalric elements contain the seeds of Arthur's destruction and the dissolution of the Round Table, as Lancelot's love for Guinevere undermines his bond to Arthur; the tension between love, prowess and loyalty is the undercurrent of the long romance which describes the exploits which he performs in her service. It also includes many stories which are chivalric adventures largely unrelated to the main theme, and uses the device of interweaving these stories to form a huge stream of narrative. This series of episodic pictures leads ultimately to thebirth of Lancelot's son Galahad, who is destined to become the hero of the Grail. Parts five and six of Lancelot move nearer to the beginning of the Grail quest; Lancelot comes to the Grail castle, and is deceived intosleeping with Elaine, thinking that she is Guinevere; Galahad is born of their union. Arthur's wars with Rome are retold from the original chronicle versions, and Lancelot plays a major part in the king's victory. Lancelot is deceived again when Elaine comes to Arthur's court, and when Guinevere realises that he has slept with Elaine; she banishes him from court, and he goes mad with grief. The romance ends with Lancelot's return to sanity and the arrivalof Galahad at court. For a full description of the Vulgate Cycle see the blurb for the complete set.
WILLIAM Kibler has published widely in the field of Old French language and literature and has produced more than ten translations from Old French, many in collaboration with Catherine Jones
