Romance of Tristan : The Tale of Tristan's Madness,9780140442304

Romance of Tristan : The Tale of Tristan's Madness

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Edition: Reprint
ISBN13: 9780140442304
ISBN10: 0140442308
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 1978-07-01
Publisher(s): Penguin Classics
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Summary

One of the earliest extant versions of the Tristan and Yseut story, Beroul's French manuscript of The Romance of Tristan dates back to the middle of the twelfth century. It recounts the legend of Tristan, nephew of King Mark of Cornwall, and the king's Irish wife Yseut, who fall passionately in love after mistakenly drinking a potion. Their illicit romance remains secret for many years, but the relentless suspicion of the king's barons and the fading effects of the magic draught eventually lead to tragedy for the lovers. While Beroul's work emphasizes the impulsive and often brutal behaviour of the characters, its sympathetic depiction of two people struggling against their destiny is one of the most powerful versions of this enduringly popular legend.

Table of Contents

Introduction 9(27)
Acknowledgements 36(3)
The Romance of Tristan
1. Summary of early episodes not in the manuscript of Beroul's poem: Tristan's birth and childhood; Morholt of Ireland; the miraculous voyage for healing; the quest for Yseut; the love potion; the attempted murder of Brangain; the harp and the rote
39(8)
2. THE TRYST UNDER THE TREE
47(13)
3. THE FLOUR ON THE FLOOR
60(6)
4. THE CONDEMNATION AND ESCAPE OF THE LOVERS
66(10)
5. THE FOREST OF MORROIS
76(1)
6. KING MARK'S HORSE'S EARS
77(1)
7. THE HERMIT OGRIN. I
78(2)
8. TRISTAN'S DOG
80(4)
9. GOVERNAL'S VENGEANCE
84(5)
10. MARK'S DISCOVERY OF THE LOVERS
89(6)
11. THE LOVE POTION
95(4)
12. THE HERMIT OGRIN. II
99(9)
13. YSEUT'S RETURN TO KING MARK
108(7)
14. THE VINDICATION OF YSEUT
115(12)
15. YSEUT'S AMBIGUOUS OATH
127(16)
16. TRISTAN'S VENGEANCE [The Manuscript of Beroul's poem breaks off here]
143(6)
17. Summary of the following episodes: Tristan in Brittany
149(2)
18. TRISTAN'S MADNESS
151(13)
19. Summary of the concluding events of the romance: the death of the lovers
164(2)
Notes 166(2)
Index of Names 168

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