The French Element in the Tristan of Gottfried of Strasbourg: Thèse (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from The French Element in the Tristan of Gottfried of Strasbourg: Thèse Novati calls Robert an Epitomatore because he has apparently sometimes abridged the text of Thomas, but we must not forget that there also passages in Robert's work which we do not find in the work of Thomas or which may not have been in it. Thus Robert is supposed to have lengthened and shortened the text and I do not think that anyone will deny that Robert thought the passages he added to be better than those he left out. In my Opinion Robert is nothing but a recorder a jongleur de la plume who compiled his work from the various Tristan texts that were within his reach. His translation of Tristan stands in about the same relation to that of Gottfried as Holinsheds Chronicles to the master works of Shakespeare, as the play True Chronicle of King Leir and his 3 daugthers, written in about 1603, to Shakespeare's King Lear. There is necessarily some simila rity of action but the piece has as little of Shakespeare's mind as Robert has of Gottfried's. To him (robert) we may apply the words of Goethe. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.