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As long as I could keep the feminist and continuity editor in my head to stay quiet, this was grand -- lots of adventures, sufficient Gawain to keep me from whining (and he's a good guy, too, extra-special bonus), and some really nice turns of phrase. But Erec himself is just not that complex a character, I found, and the pacing was stop-and-start. The Arthurian tales inside my imagination might be better than the classics. ( )
Erec and Enide is a wonderful Arthurian romance by Chretian de Troyes. The Cline translation is so playful and poetic, with the perfectly-rhymed couplets that match the spirit of the original. ( )
Erec and Enide is, in some respects, a fairly run of the mill medieval romance. Boy is an awesome fighter, boy wins girl by being an awesome fighter, stock situations abound. In my opinion, the interesting twist comes when Erec gets too caught up in love, and then tries to re-prove himself... which includes making Enide keep her mouth shut even against common sense. I used to like this one more, but I must admit that it offends my aesthetic a little bit now because of the potential to read it as a very emotionally abusive situation. It's still an interesting read, and not to be missed. Like Yvain, it's a story about marriage, but unlike Yvain, the story revolves more around neglect of warrior's duty rather than neglect of love. The catalogue of themes could go on, but I'll stop here for now. ( )
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rouzejp | Sep 2, 2015 | 
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