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The Romance of Tristan and Iseult by Joseph Bédier

The Romance of Tristan and Iseult

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Joseph Bédier

Start Publishing LLC · Ebook · February 4, 2013

The legend of Tristan and Iseult is an influential romance and tragedy.

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Who it’s for
An influential romance and tragedy that helped shape Western ideas of love and literature.
Genres
Medieval Romance, The Classics, Fairy Tales & Myths
Published
Start Publishing LLC, February 4, 2013

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About this book

The legend of Tristan and Iseult is an influential romance and tragedy. The tragic story is of the adulterous love between the Cornish knight Tristan and the Irish princess Iseult. The narrative predates and most likely influenced the Arthurian romance of Lancelot and Guinevere, and has had a substantial impact on Western art and the idea of romantic love and literature.

Love’s Long Echo

An influential romance and tragedy that helped shape Western ideas of love and literature.

Come here for

  • A medieval romance whose influence reaches Arthurian legend
  • The enduring pull of tragic, forbidden love

Expect

  • A sustained narrative read rooted in medieval romance
  • A story with a long afterlife in Western art

Where it sits

Fairy Tales & Myths66%
Medieval Romance64%
The Classics46%

Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.

Publisher categories

  • The Classics
  • Historical Fiction
  • Literary Fiction
Authors
Joseph Bédier
Publisher
Start Publishing LLC
Published
February 4, 2013
Format
Ebook
Reading lane
The Classics