{"product_id":"sir-tristrem-thomas-h-crofts-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\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Thomas H. Crofts\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1914967089\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781914967085\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Durham University Imems Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/25\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 496\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover","brand":"Thomas H. Crofts","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47136637124863,"sku":"9781914967085","price":190.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_f35e6588-b153-4d04-8099-682b3bdb34b1.jpg?v=1755023946","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/sir-tristrem-thomas-h-crofts-9781914967085","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}