Italian Literature III
Title Details

228 Pages

23.4 x 15.6 cm

Series: Arthurian Archives

Series Vol. Number: 20

Imprint: D.S.Brewer

Italian Literature III

Il Tristano Corsiniano

Edited by Gloria Allaire

Translated by Gloria Allaire

  • Description
  • Contents
  • Author
  • Reviews
Text and facing English translation of a version of the Tristan story from north-east Italy.

The Tristano Corsiniano is preserved in a unique manuscript of the Biblioteca Corsiniana housed at the Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei in Rome (MS 55.K.5; formerly Rossi 2593). Written in a mixture of northeastern Italian dialects, the manuscript was probably copied in the third quarter of the fourteenth century. The contents are a much abbreviated descendent of the noted French prose Roman de Tristan; opening with Dinadan's amusing discoursesand misadventures, the majority of the story concerns the famous three-day Tournament at Loverzep, and concludes with King Arthur and Lancelot visiting Tristan, Yseut and their companions. The manuscript, although not luxurious,is heavily decorated with designs that perfectly reflect the vigorous and spirited narrative style.
This volume presents a new edition of the text, accompanied by the first ever translation into English, thereby making this important version of the Tristan story available more widely. It also includes an introduction, listing of illuminations, bibliography and explanatory notes.

Gloria Allaire is Assistant Professor of Italian at theUniversity of Kentucky.
Introduction
Text and Translation
Appendix: Typology of Illuminations
Bibliography
Index of Proper Names

GLORIA ALLAIRE is Associate Professor of Italian at the University of Kentucky. Her primary research interest has been Italian chivalric literature of the late Middle Ages.

GLORIA ALLAIRE is Associate Professor of Italian at the University of Kentucky. Her primary research interest has been Italian chivalric literature of the late Middle Ages.

"In the translation of the manuscript, Allaire finds a felicitous balance between being faithful to the original Italian text with its own repetitions and inconsistencies while also making the English narrative readable and enjoyable." ARTHURIANA

Hardcover

9781843843986

February 2015

Buy

$135.00 / £90.00

Shipping Options

Buy Ships within 2 business days

Buy

Purchasing options are not available in this country.

Ebook (EPDF)

9781782044550

February 2015

Buy

£24.99 / $29.95

Title Details

228 Pages

2.34 x 1.56 cm

Series: Arthurian Archives

Series Vol. Number: 20

Imprint: D.S.Brewer