The Arthur of the French
The Arthurian Legend in Medieval French and Occitan Literature
University of Wales Press
1st Edition
Published on 15. October 2020
668 pages
978-1-78683-744-8 (ISBN)
Description
This major reference work is the fourth volume in the series "Arthurian Literature in the Middle Ages". Its intention is to update the French and Occitan chapters in R.S. Loomis' "Arthurian Literature in the Middle Ages: A Collaborative History" (Oxford, 1959) and to provide a volume which will serve the needs of students and scholars of Arthurian literature. The principal focus is the production, dissemination and evolution of Arthurian material in French and Occitan from the twelfth to the fifteenth century. Beginning with a substantial overview of Arthurian manuscripts, the volume covers writing in both verse (Wace, the Tristan legend, Chretien de Troyes and the Grail Continuations, Marie de France and the anonymous lays, the lesser known romances) and prose (the Vulgate Cycle, the prose Tristan, the Post-Vulgate Roman du Graal, etc.).
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Edition
1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
Wales
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
Not illustrated
ISBN-13
978-1-78683-744-8 (9781786837448)
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Content
- Intro
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- Preface
- The Contributors
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- I. The Manuscripts
- II. The Arthur of the Chronicles
- III. The Tristan Legend in Old French Verse
- IV. Chrétien de Troyes
- V. Arthur in the Narrative Lay
- VI. Perceval and the Grail: The Continuations, Robert de Boron and Perlesvaus
- VII. Lancelot with and without the Grail: Lancelot do Lac and the Vulgate Cycle
- VIII. The Prose Tristan
- IX. Rewriting Prose Romance: The Post-Vulgate Roman du Graal and Related Texts
- X. Arthurian Verse Romance in the Twelfth and Thirteenth Centuries
- XI. Manuscript Compilations of Verse Romances
- XII. Late Medieval Arthurian Literature
- XIII. The Arthurian Tradition in Occitan Literature
- XIV. Arthur in Modern French Fiction and Film
- Notes
- General Bibliography
