Perceval or the Story of the Grail
Chretien De Troyes / Chretien / Cline, Ruth H.
In this verse translation of "Perceval, or, The Story of the Grail, " Ruth Harwood Cline restores to life the thematically crucial Arthurian tale of the education of a knight in his search for the Holy Grail.Cline's translation, faithful to the highly synthetic, deliberately ornate nature of medieval French, follows Perceval from his home in Wales, through his rich and raucous adventures as a member of the fraternity of knights, to his climact...