Erec and Enide

287 Pages·1992·7.984 MB·English

by  De Troyes, Chretien, Gilbert, Dorothy

EREC amd EMODE
ARTHUR AND HIS COURT HUNTING THE WHITE STAG.
(Paris, Bibliotheque Nationale, fonds français 1376, fol. 107.)
EREC and EDIDE
Chretien de Troyes
T R A N S L A T ED WITH
AN I N T R O D U C T I ON AND NOTES BY
DOROTHY GILBERT
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA PRESS
BERKELEY LOS ANGELE S LONDON
University of California Press
Berkeley and Los Angeles, California
University of California Press, Ltd.
London, England
© 1992 by
The Regents of the University of California
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Chrétien, de Troyes, 12th cent.
[Erec et Enide. English]
Erec and Enide / translated with an introduction and notes by
Dorothy Gilbert,
p. cm.
Translated from the Old French.
Translation of: Erec et Enide / Chrétien de Troyes.
Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN 0-520-07345-2 (alk. paper). — ISBN 0-520-07346-0 (pbk.:
alk. paper)
1. Erec (Legendary character)― Romances. 2. Arthurian romances.
I. Gilbert, Dorothy, 1936- . II. Title.
PQ1445.E6A34 1992
841'. 1 — dc20 91-43103
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In memory of Genevieve H. Gilbert
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C O N T E N TS
Acknowledgments ix
Introduction I
Suggestions for Further Reading 33
EREC AND ENIDE 39
Notes to the Poem 253
Glossary of Names and Places 265
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A C K N O W L E D G M E N TS
IT is A GREAT SATISFACTION to express my thanks to the many people
who have helped me with this book. First, the curators and staff of
the Salle des Manuscrits at the Bibliotheque Nationale made it
possible for me to examine the six more or less complete manuscripts
of the original that are part of their collection and also granted
permission to use the photograph of an illuminated page of MS 1376
(f. 107). The Musee Conde at Chantilly allowed me to examine the
seventh manuscript (MS 472). Doe Library of the University of
California at Berkeley also provided much essential material.
The National Endowment for the Humanities offered invaluable
material and moral support in granting me a year's stipend to do
research at Doe Library and write a large portion of the translation.
I am particularly grateful for the warm personal enthusiasm shown
by Susan A. Mango, formerly of the NEH, and by Mary T. Chunko,
whose article describing my project, "Quest for le mot juste,"
appeared in the NEH journal Humanities (7, no. 3 [June 1986}). A
later award enabled me to spend the summer of 1988 at the NEH
Literary Translation Institute at the University of California at Santa
Cruz. This was a rare and delightful opportunity for uninterrupted
work and for congenial association with other translators. Gabriel
Berns and Joanna Bankier, who ran the Institute, gave me much
support and specific criticism; Maggie Collins saw most capably to
my material needs.
The enthusiasm, faith, patience, and practical counsel of my
editor at the University of California Press, Doris Kretschmer, have
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