ENGL 203 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Middle High German, Octosyllable, Chevrefoil
Document Summary
The love story of tristan and isolde derives from breton, welsh and irish sources. The love story entered mainstream western european literature through the old. The rest of the saga is pulled from a translation found in middle high. Written in western france dialect in anglo-norman forms between 1155-1170. It is thought that he followed a lost text of this story eliminating and stretching it into his own story. Became in uential in gottfried"s important poem and the inspiration and model for lancelot and guinevere"s relationship. Tristan entered the arthurian stories as he being the only knight that could defeat lancelot. After the ght becomes a draw they become friends. Tristian is not only a champion in war but also a master of hunt, chess and several languages, can play the harp and he is conniving enough to deceive kink. Orphaned when father dies in battle and mother dies in childbirth. Fostered by his father"s steward until kidnapped by merchants.
