by Chrétien de Troyes · Flammarion · tapa blanda · ISBN 9782081285903
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«Lancelot ou le Chevalier de la charrette» is the Arthurian novel by Chrétien de Troyes, published by Flammarion in paperback (134 pages, in French).
At King Arthur's court, Méléagant kidnaps Queen Guinevere. To rescue her, Lancelot climbs onto the cart that gives the work its title and faces trials of valour and honour. Chrétien de Troyes thus tells a tale of courtly love and chivalric deeds.
Composed around 1176, it belongs to Chrétien de Troyes's Arthurian romances. This 2012 edition, in Étonnants Classiques, contains extracts and a dossier on the Arthurian legend in cinema.
Edition aimed at secondary school and sixth-form students, also useful for those approaching medieval French literature.
Chrétien de Troyes was a French poet and trouvère known for his writing on Arthurian subjects such as Gawain, Lancelot, Perceval, and the Holy Grail. Chrétien's chivalric romances, including Erec and Enide, Lancelot, Perceval, and Yvain, represent some of the best-regarded works of medieval literature. His use of structure, particularly in Yvain, has been seen as a step toward the modern novel.
