Joseph Bédier Livres

A tale of chivalry and doomed, transcendent love, The Romance of Tristan and Iseult is one of the most resonant works of Western literature, as well as the basis for our enduring idea of romance. The story of the Cornish knight and the Irish princess who meet by deception, fall in love by magic, and pursue that love in defiance of heavenly and earthly law has inspired artists from Matthew Arnold to Richard Wagner. But nowhere has it been retold with greater eloquence and dignity than in Joseph Bédier’s edition, which weaves several medieval sources into a seamless whole, elegantly translated by Hilaire Belloc and Paul Rosenfeld.

"Seigneurs, vous plaît-il d'entendre un beau conte d'amour et de mort ?" Ainsi commence le Tristan et Iseut du célèbre médiéviste Joseph Bédier. Dans ce texte de référence, le lecteur croise des héros, Fun dragon, des barons félons, un nain sorcier... Surtout, deux amants, posant l'amour en valeur absolue, bouleversent les lois morales de leur époque. Leur passion les mènera-t-elle à la mort ? Plusieurs siècles après sa création, la légende de Tristan et Iseut reste un mythe incontournable.

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