The Arthur of the French
The Arthurian Legend in Medieval French and Occitan Literature
9780708321966
9780708319642
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The Arthur of the French
The Arthurian Legend in Medieval French and Occitan Literature
This major reference work is the fourth volume in the series Arthurian Literature in the Middle Ages. Principally focused on the production, dissemination, and evolution of Arthurian material from the twelfth to fifth centuries, this volume covers writing in both verse and prose, and addresses such classics as the Tristan legend, the Vulgate Cycle, and the Grail Continuations.
637 pages | 9 1/2 x 6 4/5 | © 2006
Literature and Literary Criticism: General Criticism and Critical Theory
Reviews
Table of Contents
Preface
Ad Putter
The Contributors
Abbreviations
Introduction
Karen Pratt
I The Manuscripts
Roger Middleton
II The Arthur of the Chronicles
Francoise Le Saux and Peter Damian-Grint
III The Tristan Legend in Old French Verse
Tony Hunt and Geoffrey Bromiley
IV Chretien de Troyes
Douglas Kelly
V Arthur in the Narrative Lay
Matilda Tomaryn Bruckner and Gyln S. Burgess
VI Perceval and the Grail: The Continuations, Robert de Boron and
Perlesvaus
Rupert T. Pickens, Keith Busby and Andrea M. L. Williams
VII Lancelot with and without the Grail: Lancelot do Lac and the Vulgate
Cycle
† Elspeth Kennedy (ed.), Michelle Szkilnik, Rupert T. Pickens, Karen
Pratt and Andrea M. L. Williams
VIII The Prose Tristan
† Emmanuele Baumgartner (translated by Sarah Singer)
IX Rewriting Prose Romance: The Post-Vulgate Roman du Graal and
Related Texts
Fanni Bogdanow and Richard Trachsler
X Arthurian Verse Romance in the Twelfth and Thirteenth Centuries
Douglas Kelly (ed.) and Contributors
XI Manuscript Compilations of Verse Romances
Lori J. Walters
XII Late Medieval Arthurian Literature
Jane H.M. Taylor (ed.), Peter F. Ainsworth, Norris J. Lacy, Edward
Donald Kennedy and William W. Kibler
XIII The Arthurian Tradition in Occitan Literature
Simon Graunt and Ruth Harvey
XIV Arthur in Modern French Fiction and Film
Joan Tasker Grimbert and Norris J. Lacy
General Bibliography
Glyn S. Burgess
General Index
Index of Manuscripts