Tristan and Iseult
by Rosemary Sutcliff · first published 1971
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Retells the Celtic legend of the love between the warrior Tristan and Iseult, the wife of King Marc of Cornwall.
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…except for one student who chose that as the focus of a class project. I did have a high school English class covering (among other, non-medieval works) Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, and the story of Tristan and Iseult. Sir Gawain and the Green Knight was read in translation, but Tristan and Iseult was a fairly modern reimagining (set in the original period), with an author's introduction discussing how she chose to…
on “Tolkien was right: Scholars conclude Beowulf likely the work of single author” ↗That sounds really good, I don't think I ever read Tristan and Iseult. I'd have slotted Sir Gawain and the Green Knight in with Beowulf in the "medieval" part of the literary canon but I could be off-base there. I remember reading Beowulf in high school but not the other.…
on “Tolkien was right: Scholars conclude Beowulf likely the work of single author” ↗