The Romance of Tristan: The Tale of Tristan's Madness

Author

Unknown

Original Work

Prose Tristan

Translator

Alan S. Fedrick

Foreword / Afterword

Alan S. Fedrick

Language

English

Year

1987

Publisher

Penguin

Country

United Kingdom

Pages

170

ISBN

978-0140442304

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This edition contains perhaps the earliest and most elemental version of the tragic legend of Tristan and Yseult in a distinguished prose translation. Alan S. Fredrick summarizes missing episodes and includes a translation of 'The Tale of Tristan's Madness.' For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.— Google Books