Yvain, Or, The Knight With The Lion

Yvain, Or, The Knight With The Lion
by Chretien De Troyes, Trans. By W. W. Comfort

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Translation Review, 1986
"More than any previous translator, Cline succeeds in translating energetic exchanges between characters and the playful tone of the narrator."

Book Exchange, July 1975
"Cline's translation shows a remarkable appreciation of Chrétien's genius; she succeeds splendidly in capturing his witty style, irony, playfulness."

Wall Street Journal, July 7, 1976
"Brings Yvain to glowing, entertaining life in a delightful, sprightly, colloquial rhyming version."

Romance Philology, May 1977
"Cline demonstrates impressive abilities as a translator."

Modern Language Journal, December 1975
"Would be useful as a text for courses in literature in translation, comparative literature, and medieval culture."

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The King could not reply to all before he saw the lady coming toward him to hold his stirrup. However, he would not wait for this, but hastened to dismount himself as soon as he caught sight of her. Then she salutes him with these words: "Welcome a hundred thousand times to the King, my lord, and blessed be his nephew, my lord Gawain!"

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The King could not reply to all before he saw the lady coming toward him to hold his stirrup. However, he would not wait for this, but hastened to dismount himself as soon as he caught sight of her. Then she salutes him with these words: "Welcome a hundred thousand times to the King, my lord, and blessed be his nephew, my lord Gawain!"

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