tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1817835476996956670.post1076036616162925978..comments2024-03-12T09:44:18.874-07:00Comments on Howling Frog Books: Erec et EnideJeanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14247515387599954817noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1817835476996956670.post-27418560697611045842014-02-27T18:13:08.502-08:002014-02-27T18:13:08.502-08:00I just finished Eric and Enide of my Arthurian Rom...I just finished Eric and Enide of my Arthurian Romances, and I expected there to be more dangerous conflict, too; however, in each case, Erec was easily victorious. A true fairy tale, but it is sweet to imagine.Ruth @ with freedom and bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15531827758868215023noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1817835476996956670.post-71525558877202497532014-01-25T18:12:33.550-08:002014-01-25T18:12:33.550-08:00I haven't read Eric et Enid but I have read Le...I haven't read Eric et Enid but I have read Le Chevalier de la Charette (The Knight and the Cart). I love Medieval French epic poems and lais. I need to read all of Chretien de Troy's works. Currently, I'm reading La Chanson de Roland (The Song of Roland).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1817835476996956670.post-45038247275540257942014-01-17T13:58:44.387-08:002014-01-17T13:58:44.387-08:00Oh, you should try them again sometime! You could...Oh, you should try them again sometime! You could do it easily, they're not hard.<br /><br />I can no longer remember if I read these in the general medieval lit course I took, which did feature something with Arthur, or in the one I audited that was entirely Arthurian. Same instructor.Jeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14247515387599954817noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1817835476996956670.post-25291796345705181592014-01-17T01:40:12.765-08:002014-01-17T01:40:12.765-08:00I was supposed to read the romances of Chretien de...I was supposed to read the romances of Chretien de Troyes during a semester-long course entitled "Medieval Chivalry and Courtly Love." I must admit, I didn't get through them all, and I remember even less. :)Jenniferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18370649604625989367noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1817835476996956670.post-84045968599248433652014-01-16T22:25:26.412-08:002014-01-16T22:25:26.412-08:00I have only read Chretien's version. I should...I have only read Chretien's version. I should put that on the list, a German romance would be great.<br /><br />I know--towns! Two of them! Jeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14247515387599954817noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1817835476996956670.post-52896844109102236852014-01-16T21:13:33.017-08:002014-01-16T21:13:33.017-08:00Towns! Now that is weird.
Have you read Wolfra...Towns! Now that is weird. <br /><br />Have you read Wolfram von Eschenbach's <i>Parzival</i>, by chance? I mention it because it is the extreme case among the Arthurian books I have read of a landscape that makes no sense whatsoever. Almost dream-like. And it certainly has no towns!Amateur Reader (Tom)https://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.com