
Handbook of Arthurian Romance
King Arthur's Court in Medieval European Literature
De Gruyter (Publisher)
1st Edition
Published on 26. June 2017
Book
Mixed media product
XV, 548 pages
978-3-11-043247-3 (ISBN)
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Description
The renowned and illustrious tales of King Arthur, his knights and the Round Table pervade all European vernaculars, as well as the Latin tradition. Arthurian narrative material, which had originally been transmitted in oral culture, began to be inscribed regularly in the twelfth century, developing from (pseudo-)historical beginnings in the Latin chronicles of "historians" such as Geoffrey of Monmouth into masterful literary works like the romances of Chrétien de Troyes. Evidently a big hit, Arthur found himself being swiftly translated, adapted and integrated into the literary traditions of almost every European vernacular during the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries. This Handbook seeks to showcase the European character of Arthurian romance both past and present.By working across national philological boundaries, which in the past have tended to segregate the study of Arthurian romance according to language, as well as by exploring primary texts from different vernaculars and the Latin tradition in conjunction with recent theoretical concepts and approaches, this Handbook brings together a pioneering and more complete view of the specifically European context of Arthurian romance, and promotes the more connected study of Arthurian literature across the entirety of its European context.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Berlin/Boston
Germany
Illustrations
Includes a print version and an ebook
Dimensions
Height: 23 cm
Width: 15.5 cm
ISBN-13
978-3-11-043247-3 (9783110432473)
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Leah Tether | Johnny McFadyen
Handbook of Arthurian Romance
King Arthur's Court in Medieval European Literature
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1st Edition
De Gruyter
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Leah Tether | Johnny McFadyen
Handbook of Arthurian Romance
King Arthur's Court in Medieval European Literature
E-Book
06/2017
1st Edition
De Gruyter
€250.00
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Leah Tether | Johnny McFadyen
Handbook of Arthurian Romance
King Arthur's Court in Medieval European Literature
E-Book
06/2017
1st Edition
De Gruyter
€250.00
Available for download
Persons
Leah Tether, University of Bristol, UK and Johnny McFadyen, Oxford University Press, UK.