Posted by Sterling on 26/11/2011, 2:11:06, in reply to "Re: Recent Reading"
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P.S. - As for my own recent reading, I'm still making my way through the Romance of the Three Kingdoms. I am collecting the volumes of the recent major translation of Proust (including the volumes excluded from the US by copyright). I think that will be my next big project.
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: So what has everyone been reading this Fall if not
: William H. Gass?
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: A couple of months ago it occurred to me that there is
: a huge gap in my reading where medieval literature,
: especially Arthurian legends, should be. So in recent
: weeks I have read:
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: Beowulf (re-read from high school)
: The Arthurian Romances by Chrétien de Troyes
: The Song of Roland
: The Mabinogion
: Parzival by Wolfram von Eschenbach
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: It is fascinating to see the evolution of legends,
: characters and symbols such as the Grail (which was
: not, initially, conceived as a cup or anything to do
: directly with Jesus). Parzival is an especially
: entertaining epic, but I would recommend reading
: Chrétien's Romances first because Wolfram draws from
: them and ties them together.
:
: My medieval journey will continue in coming months
: with:
:
: The Lais of Marie de France
: Tristan by Gottfried von Strassburg
: The Romance of the Rose by Guillame de Lorris
: Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
: Tirant lo Blanc by Joanot Martorell
: Le Morte d'Arthur by Thomas Malory
:
: Then wrapping up in the modern era with The Once and
: Future King by T. H. White
:
: Do you note anything missing from this list that
: should be there? (I read The Canterbury Tales last
: year, by the way.)
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