The Tale of Narcissus

The myth of Narcissus became widely known thanks to Ovid. The anonymous poem of the XII century "The Legend of Narcissus" is based on Ovidic "metamorphoses", however, a medieval poet turns an antique myth into a story about unhappy love and assigns a dominant role to a new character - a girl named Dan, who loved the narcissist. Heroes lose ancient features and get similarity with typical characters in medium -novel novels: a young knight and a princess. The nameless author reaches genuine perfection in the monologues of his heroes.
This publication offers readers the first Russian translation of the Tale of Narcissus". The book opens with a short essay Isabelle de Ricker, a famous Spanish medievist