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Isbn10 0140445218isbn13 9780140445213𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐭 mediocre print quality small text notes in the back 35being that this is a m... Read More
That being said i am somewhat skeptical of the quality of this translation
However they never interfere with the story
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Troyes is a famous french poet known for his arthurian work
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arthurian, good, first, french and medieval. - Our engine has profiled the reviewer patterns and has determined that there is minimal deception involved.
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- This product had a total of 222 reviews as of our last analysis date on Apr 17 2022.
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This review is for the penguin classics version of the text
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Isbn10 0140445218isbn13 9780140445213𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐭 mediocre print quality small text notes in the back 35being that this is a medieval text some of the terminology and language is not of this century
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The word brattice for example now carries the meaning of a partition or shaft lining in a coal mine whereas in the text it was actually referring to the wooden protrusion on castles
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I would much prefer if there were marginal glosses and proper footnotes at the bottom of the page like in other scholarly or critical editions
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The fact that it is a prose translation doesnt bother me per se but the translator has omitted all semblance of verse rendering the text as one would an ordinary novel
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My only gripe therefore is the lack of footnotes and marginal glosses
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I had to read parts of this book for philosophy class one semester
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