18 books like Erec

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Iwein Hartmann von Aue · 1827 · 563p · ≈ 18h · Challenging Iwein is a Middle High German verse romance by the poet Hartmann von Aue, written around 1200. An Arthurian tale freely adapted from Chrétien de Troyes Old French Yvain, the Knight of the Lion, it tells the story of Iwein (Yvain), a knight of King Arthurs Round Table. It was written after Hartmanns Erec, and is generally taken to be his last work. Shares: German Romances, Modernized versions, Ywain, Romances

Erec Hartmann von Aue · 1871 · 262p · ≈ 8h · Challenging The Knights of the Round Table () are the legendary knights of the fellowship of King Arthur that first appeared in the French-language Matter of Britain literature in the mid-12th century. The Knights are a chivalric order dedicated to ensuring the peace of Arthurs kingdom following an early warring period, entrusted in later years to undergo a mystical quest for the Holy Grail. The Round Table… Shares: Erec, German Romances, Romances, Knights and knighthood

Erec Hartmann von Aue · 1933 · 453p · ≈ 15h · Challenging The Knights of the Round Table () are the legendary knights of the fellowship of King Arthur that first appeared in the French-language Matter of Britain literature in the mid-12th century. The Knights are a chivalric order dedicated to ensuring the peace of Arthurs kingdom following an early warring period, entrusted in later years to undergo a mystical quest for the Holy Grail. The Round Table… Shares: Erec, Middle Ages, Romances, Knights and knighthood

Érec et Énide Chrétien de Troyes · 1923 · ★ 3.3 · 181p · ≈ 6h · Challenging Erec and Enide (French: Érec et Énide) is the first of Chrétien de Troyes' five romance poems, completed around 1170. It is one of three completed works by the author. Consisting of about 7000 lines of Old French, the poem is one of the earliest known Arthurian romances in any language, predated only by the Welsh prose narrative Culhwch and Olwen. Shares: Erec, Ywain, Romances, Knights and knighthood

Iwein Hartmann · 1877 · 243p · ≈ 8h · Challenging Iwein is a Middle High German verse romance by the poet Hartmann von Aue, written around 1200. An Arthurian tale freely adapted from Chrétien de Troyes Old French Yvain, the Knight of the Lion, it tells the story of Iwein (Yvain), a knight of King Arthurs Round Table. It was written after Hartmanns Erec, and is generally taken to be his last work. Shares: German Romances, Ywain, Romances, Arthurian romances

Iwein Hartmann von Aue · 1843 · 237p · ≈ 7h · Challenging Iwein is a Middle High German verse romance by the poet Hartmann von Aue, written around 1200. An Arthurian tale freely adapted from Chrétien de Troyes Old French Yvain, the Knight of the Lion, it tells the story of Iwein (Yvain), a knight of King Arthurs Round Table. It was written after Hartmanns Erec, and is generally taken to be his last work. Shares: German Romances, Ywain, Romances, Arthurian romances

Iwein Hartmann von Aue · 1843 · ★ 3.5 · 249p · ≈ 8h · Challenging Iwein is a Middle High German verse romance by the poet Hartmann von Aue, written around 1200. An Arthurian tale freely adapted from Chrétien de Troyes Old French Yvain, the Knight of the Lion, it tells the story of Iwein (Yvain), a knight of King Arthurs Round Table. It was written after Hartmanns Erec, and is generally taken to be his last work. Shares: German Romances, Ywain, Romances, Knights and knighthood

Arthurian romances Chrétien de Troyes · 1913 · ★ 3.6 · 377p · ≈ 12h · Challenging Offers modern translations of the medieval French poems about the Knights of the Round Table, including "Erec and Enide," "Lancelot," and "Perceval," and briefly discusses Chretien's life and writing style. Shares: Erec, Ywain, Romances, Knights and knighthood

Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Pearl, and Sir Orfeo J.R.R. Tolkien · 1975 · ★ 4.0 · 157p · ≈ 5h · Moderate Shares: Modernized versions, Romances, Knights and knighthood, Arthurian romances Shares: Modernized versions, Romances, Knights and knighthood, Arthurian romances

Iwain Arthur Charles Lewis Brown · 1903 · 147p · ≈ 4h · Challenging Ywain , also known as Yvain and Owain (among many other spellings), is a Knight of the Round Table in the Arthurian legend. Tradition often portrays him as the son of King Urien of Gorre and of either the supernatural figure Modron or the sorceress Morgan. The historical Owain mab Urien, the basis of the literary character, ruled as the king of Rheged in Britain during the late-6th century. Shares: Ywain, Romances, Arthurian romances, History and criticism

Yvain, le Chevalier au lion Chrétien de Troyes · 1891 · ★ 3.0 · 167p · ≈ 5h · Challenging N'est pas chevalier de la Table ronde qui veut! Yvain, relevant le défi du sénéchal Ken, affronte dans la forêt de Brocéliande le seigneur de la fontaine. Il gagne ainsi le cœur et la main de la plus belle dame du royaume, qu'il s'engage à rejoindre avant que l'année passe. Mais parviendra-t-il à tenir sa promesse. Shares: Ywain, Romances, Knights and knighthood, Arthurian romances

Five Middle English Arthurian romances Valerie Krishna · 1991 · 257p · ≈ 8h · Moderate The poems in this collection will give the reader an appreciation of both the distinctiveness and the variety of the medieval English Arthurian tradition and highlight some of this important chapter in Arthurian legend literature. The Middle English stories are different in style and structure to the later French romances, composed in poetic forms that derive from native English traditions. The… Shares: Modernized versions, Middle Ages, Romances, Arthurian romances

Tales of King Arthur (Library of Fear, Fantasy and Adventure) Felicity Brooks · 1994 · ★ 4.0 · 83p · ≈ 2h · Moderate Retells the stories of King Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table, including The Sword in the Stone - Excalibur - The Gathering of the Knights - The Enchanted Ship - The Scheming Sorceress - Sir Gawain and the Green Knight - Lancelot and Guinevere - The Last Battle. Shares: Middle Ages, Knights and knighthood, Arthurian romances

Tristan und Isolde Gottfried von Strassburg · 1823 · 374p · ≈ 12h · Challenging Book digitized by Google and uploaded to the Internet Archive by user tpb. Shares: German Romances, Romances, Knights and knighthood, Continental european fiction

Le roman de Tristan Thomas (Anglo-Norman poet) · 1902 · ★ 3.6 · 447p · ≈ 14h · Challenging Version en français moderne de cette très populaire histoire issue de la tradition orale, qui fait son entrée dans la littérature écrite au XIIe siècle. Shares: Romances, Knights and knighthood, Arthurian romances, Poetry

Méliador Jean Froissart · 1895 Shares: Romances, Arthurian romances

Brut Layamon · 1924 · 140p · ≈ 4h · Challenging "This version of Brut is a rendering into modern English, in verse format, of the Middle English story of Britain, from its founding by the legendary Brutus, a supposed descendant of the Trojans, to the final loss of land and prestige when the Saxons took over Britain. Lawman, a priest in the Welsh Marches in the diocese of Worcester, was translating from the twelfth-century French octosyllabic… Shares: Modernized versions, Romances, Arthurian romances, Poetry

Le Morte d'Arthur Thomas Malory · 1557 · ★ 3.9 · 518p · ≈ 17h · Demanding Le Morte d'Arthur (originally spelled Le Morte Darthur, ungrammatical Middle French for "The Death of Arthur") is a 15th-century Middle English prose reworking by Sir Thomas Malory of tales about the legendary King Arthur, Guinevere, Lancelot, Merlin and the Knights of the Round Table—along with their respective folklore. In order to tell a "complete" story of Arthur from his conception to his… Shares: Middle Ages, Romances, Knights and knighthood, Arthurian romances

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