Tristram (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- Author: Edwin Arlington Robinson
- First Published: 1927
- Type of Work: Poetry
- Type of Plot: Arthurian romance
- Time of Work: Arthurian period
- Setting: England and Brittany
- Genres: Poetry, Romance, medieval, Narrative poetry, Arthurian romance
- Subjects: France or French people, Love or romance, England or English people, Death or dying, Kings, queens, or royalty, Legends, Knights or knighthood, Chivalry
- Locales: Brittany, France, Cornwall, England
Characters Discussed
Tristram, the prince of Lyonesse, nephew to King Mark of Cornwall. An attractive and talented youth, blessed by fortune in every way, Tristram heedlessly enjoys life until the moment that he realizes he is in love with Isolt of Ireland, the bride whom he had fought to bring back for his uncle. He has a chivalric sense of the demands of honor, from which the only escape is death. His healthy instinct to live means accepting extreme mental anguish, with physical suffering seen as a welcome relief. He is a Hamlet-like figure in his willingness to see the...
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