The Arthur of the French

by Burgess, Glyn S.; Pratt, Karen

• ISBN13: 9780708319642
• ISBN10: 0708319645
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2006-10-15
• Publisher: Univ of Wales Pr

Summary

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, theVulgate Cycle, and the Grail Continuations.

Author Biography

Glyn Burgess is senior fellow and emeritus professor of French, University of Liverpool. He is the author of over twenty books and fifty articles in lexicology, short narratives in Old French, Wace, the legend of St Brendan, and outlaw stories. Karen Pratt is senior lecturer in French, King’s College London. She has edited three volumes of scholarly essays and was assistant editor of Woman Defamed and Woman Defended: an anthology of medieval texts, a key source-book for courses on medieval women and misogyny. Her publications on Arthurian literature include articles on the Queste del Saint Graal and the Roman de Silence, and a monograph on La Mort le roi Artu.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. ix
The Contributors	p. x
Abbreviations	p. xi
Introduction	p. 1
The Manuscripts	p. 8
The Arthur of the Chronicles	p. 93
The Tristan Legend in Old French Verse	p. 112
Chretien de Troyes	p. 135
Arthur in the Narrative Lay	p. 186
Perceval and the Grail: The Continuations, Robert de Boron and Perlesvaus	p. 215
Lancelot with and without the Grail: Lancelot do Lac and the Vulgate Cycle	p. 274
The Prose Tristan	p. 325
Rewriting Prose Romance: The Post-Vulgate Roman du Graal and Related Texts	p. 342
Arthurian Verse Romance in the Twelfth and Thirteenth Centuries	p. 393
Manuscript Compilations of Verse Romances	p. 461
Late Medieval Arthurian Literature	p. 488
The Arthurian Tradition in Occitan Literature	p. 528
Arthur in Modern French Fiction and Film	p. 546
General Bibliography	p. 571
General Index	p. 579
Index of Manuscripts	p. 631
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