Books in the Chretien de Troyes (YUP) series

In this outstanding new translation of Lancelot, Burton Raffel brings to English language readers the fourth of Chrtiens five surviving romantic Arthurian poems. This poem was the first to introduce Lancelot as an important figure in the King Arthur legend.

This translation of "Cliges", the second of five surviving 12th century Arthurian poems, is in a metric form invented specifically to reflect the poet's narrative speed and tone.

The first of five surviving Arthurian romantic poems by 12th-century French poet Chretien de Troyes, this work narrates a vivid chapter from the legend of King Arthur.