Today I go over another rather well-known #celtic Tale, Tristan and Iseult (also seen as Isolde). This story originates from #cornwall and has some ties to King Arthur.
I used to love this story, and really, still do, but my love for it has diminished a bit after reading the whole tale back in 2021. A good story, and lots of things I liked, but also quite a bit that I’m not a fan of. 😅 I read the Gottfried von Strassburg version. Is there another one that you recommend? I’m always looking for and willing to read more Arthuriana or whatever it might be. -T
That version is similar to the one I read in that they're both based off of the courtly chivalric manuscript of Thomas of Britain. Gottfried wrote his in the middle ages into German but even then the Thomas manuscript was incomplete so he added to it which may or may not be faithful to what was missing. I read the one by Bedier which was done about 1900 and is supposed to be an attempt to reconstruct the Thomas manuscript as well based on all of the previous versions around. I haven't read the one by Gottfried to compare them though! I think that the story is generally enjoyable although there are moments where I'm like man these people are fools but happens.
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I used to love this story, and really, still do, but my love for it has diminished a bit after reading the whole tale back in 2021. A good story, and lots of things I liked, but also quite a bit that I’m not a fan of. 😅 I read the Gottfried von Strassburg version. Is there another one that you recommend? I’m always looking for and willing to read more Arthuriana or whatever it might be.
-T
That version is similar to the one I read in that they're both based off of the courtly chivalric manuscript of Thomas of Britain. Gottfried wrote his in the middle ages into German but even then the Thomas manuscript was incomplete so he added to it which may or may not be faithful to what was missing. I read the one by Bedier which was done about 1900 and is supposed to be an attempt to reconstruct the Thomas manuscript as well based on all of the previous versions around.
I haven't read the one by Gottfried to compare them though! I think that the story is generally enjoyable although there are moments where I'm like man these people are fools but happens.