{"product_id":"sir-tristrem-study-text-translation-9781914967085","title":"Sir Tristrem: Study, Text, Translation","description":"\u003cb\u003eA vibrant revival of a neglected witty and daring medieval gem, and a foundational work for English romance and translation studies. Essential reading for students of medieval literature and manuscript culture.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn the late thirteenth century, as English began to assert itself against Anglo-Norman and French literary traditions, \u003ci\u003eSir Tristrem\u003c\/i\u003e emerged as one of the earliest and most inventive Middle English romances. Uniquely preserved in the Auchinleck Manuscript, this poem reimagines the Tristan legend with a bold comic tone, distinctive stanza form, and a sharp awareness of its audience's expectations. Both a translation and a transformation of Thomas of Britain's \u003ci\u003eTristran\u003c\/i\u003e (c.1170), it stands alongside the more courtly German and Norwegian retellings by Gottfried von Strassburg and Brother Robert of Norway-yet diverges from both in its brevity, tonal shifts, and performative agility. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis edition pairs a lively modern English verse translation with the complete Middle English text-offering, for the first time, a dual-language format that remains sensitive to the poem's performance-driven origins. The accompanying study reconsiders \u003ci\u003eSir Tristrem\u003c\/i\u003e not only as literature, but as a document of transmission: oral, scribal, and manuscript. It explores its triangulated relationship with other Tristan traditions, its place within a manuscript collection of romances shaped by translation, and the formal innovations through which it reshapes a familiar narrative. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eResisting the reductive labels of its critical past, \u003ci\u003eSir Tristrem\u003c\/i\u003e, as presented here, reclaims its role as a serious, playful, and quintessentially English contribution to medieval narrative tradition.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eCrofts, Thomas H.:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - THOMAS H. CROFTS is Professor of English at East Tennessee State University, where he also co-directs the Minor in Classical and Medieval Studies.","brand":"Durham University Imems Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51812570988818,"sku":"9781914967085","price":198.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_59158a2f-7c12-429e-bd7d-e5abdc2294e8.jpg?v=1766490205","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/sir-tristrem-study-text-translation-9781914967085","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}