Italian Literature III

Il Tristano Corsiniano
Erscheinungsjahr 2015
ISBN: 978-1-84384-398-6
Verlag: Boydell & Brewer

Buch, Englisch, Band 20, 228 Seiten, Print PDF, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 241 mm, Gewicht: 505 g

Reihe: Arthurian Archives

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Allaire, Gloria

Weitere Mitwirkende

Allaire, Gloria

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Romanische Literaturen Italienische Literatur
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literarische Strömungen & Epochen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction
Text and Translation
Appendix: Typology of Illuminations
Bibliography
Index of Proper Names

Über Autor(innen)

Allaire, Gloria
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.

Allaire, Gloria
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.