Wauchier de Denain
Auteur van Sir Gawain and the Lady of Lys (Xist Classics)
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Algemene kennis
- Geboortedatum
- 13th Century
- Overlijdensdatum
- 13th Century
- Geslacht
- male
- Nationaliteit
- France
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Statistieken
- Werken
- 1
- Leden
- 8
- Populariteit
- #1,038,911
- Waardering
- 4.0
- Besprekingen
- 1
- ISBNs
- 6
Likes: Gawain is the epitome of chivalrous conduct (despite
Dislikes: Wauchier de Denain's insistence that everything was the best, most beautiful "whatever" in the world, but beyond his powers of description, or that the books from which he drew his story had much to say about "whatever" but he didn't want to bore his readers by copying down the description. Lazy!! I'm sure he must have left out a lot of connecting plot points and motivations, as these seemed generally lacking. I think I unconsciously filled in stuff from other Arthurian romances I've read.
So, all-in-all I wouldn't recommend this as an introduction to Arthurian literature, but if you've got some grounding in the cycle then there is actually much of interest, hence my 4-star review despite my carping.… (meer)