UID:
edocfu_9961027935502883
Format:
1 online resource (xiv, 242 pages) :
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digital, PDF file(s).
ISBN:
1-282-08012-1
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9786612080128
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1-84615-386-7
Series Statement:
Arthurian studies, 63
Content:
A fine collection...an excellent introduction to Chr©♭tien's world and work. Highly recommended. CHOICE Chr©♭tien de Troyes is arguably the creator of Arthurian romance, and it is on his work that later writers have based their interpretations. This book offers both crucial information on, and a comprehensive coverage of, all aspectsof the work of Chr©♭tien de Troyes - the literary and historical background, patronage, his influence on other writers, manuscripts and editions of his work and, at the heart of the volume, major essays on the themes, techniques and artistic achievements in each of his compositions; the contributions, all from leading experts in Chr©♭tien and related studies, have been commissioned especially for this volume and are designed to remain accessible to studentswhile also addressing specialists in Arthurian studies and Chr©♭tien de Troyes. They reflect the most current critical and scholarly views on one of the greatest of medieval authors. CONTRIBUTORS: JOHN W. BALDWIN, JUNEHALL MCCASH, LAURENCE HARF-LANCNER, NORRIS J. LACY, DOUGLAS KELLY, KEITH BUSBY, PETER F. DEMBOWSKI, ROBERTA L. KRUEGER, DONALD MADDOX, SARA STURM-MADDOX, JOAN TASKER GRIMBERT, MATILDA TOMARYN BRUCKNER, TONY HUNT, RUPERT T. PICKENS, ANNIE COMBES, MICHELLE SZKILNIK, EMMANUELE BAUMGARTNER
Note:
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 23 Mar 2023).
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CONTENTS; THE CONTRIBUTORS; INTRODUCTION; PART I. BACKGROUND; 1. Chrétien in History; 2. Chrétien's Patrons; 3. Chrétien's Literary Background; 4. The Arthurian Legend Before Chrétien de Troyes; 5. Narrative Poetics: Rhetoric, Orality and Performance; 6. The Manuscripts of Chrétien's Romances; 7. Editing Chrétien; PART II. TEXTS; 8. Philomena: Brutal Transitions and Courtly Transformations in Chrétien's Old French Translation; 9. Erec et Enide: The First Arthurian Romance; 10. Cligés and the Chansons: A Slave to Love; 11. Le Chevalier de la Charrette: That Obscure Object of Desire, Lancelot
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12. Le Chevalier au Lion: Yvain Lionheart13. Le Conte du Graal: Chrétien's Unfinished Last Romance; PART III. MEDIEVAL RECEPTION AND INFLUENCE; 14. The Continuations of the Conte du Graal; 15. Medieval Translations and Adaptations of Chrétien's Works; 16. Chrétien's Medieval Influence: From the Grail Quest to the Joy of the Court; SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1-84384-161-4
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1-84384-050-2
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1515/9781846153860
