The Arthur of the French

Barrón

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.).

Sujets

• Literary Criticism
• European
• French

Informations

• Publié par: University of Wales Press
• Date de parution: 15 octobre 2020
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781786837431
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 8 Mo

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ARTHURIaN LITERatURE IN THE MiDDlE AGES

edited by Glyn S. Burgess and Karen Pratt

T H E A R T H U R

O F T H E F R E N C H

ARTHURIAN LITERATURE IN THE MIDDLE AGES

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T H E A R T H U R O F T H E F R E N C H

THE ARTHURIAN LEGEND IN MEDIEVAL FRENCH AND OCCITAN LITERATURE

edited by

Glyn S. Burgess and Karen Pratt

C A R D I F F U N I V E R S I T Y O F WA L E S P R E S S 2 0 0 6

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THE VINAVER TRUST

The Vinaver Trust was established by the British Branch of the International Arthurian Society to commemorate a greatly respected colleague and a distinguished scholar

Eugène Vinaver

the editor of Malory’sMorte Darthur.The Trust aims to advance study of Arthurian literature in all languages by planning and encouraging research projects in the field, and by aiding publication of the resultant studies.

ARTHURIAN LITERATURE IN THE MIDDLE AGES

Series Editor

Ad Putter

IThe Arthur of the Welsh Edited byRachel Bromwich, A. O. H. JarmanandBrynley F. Roberts (Cardiff, 1991)

IIThe Arthur of the English Edited byW. R. J. Barron

IIIThe Arthur of the Germans Edited byW. H. JacksonandS. A. Ranawake

IVThe Arthur of the French Edited byGlyn S. BurgessandKaren Pratt

Further volumes in preparation

(Cardiff, 1999)

(Cardiff, 2000)

(Cardiff, 2006)

The ALMA series is a cooperation between the University of Wales Press and the Vinaver Trust

Preface Ad Putter

The Contributors

Abbreviations

Introduction Karen Pratt

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The Manuscripts Roger Middleton

CONTENTS

The Arthur of the Chronicles Françoise Le Saux and Peter

Damian-Grint

The Tristan Legend in Old French Verse Tony Hunt and Geoffrey Bromiley

IVChrétien de Troyes Douglas Kelly VArthur in the Narrative Lay Matilda Tomaryn Bruckner and Glyn S. Burgess VIPerceval and the Grail: The Continuations, Robert de Boron and Perlesvaus Rupert T. Pickens, Keith Busby and Andrea M. L. Williams VIILancelot with and without the Grail:Lancelot do Lacand the Vulgate Cycle † Elspeth Kennedy (ed.), Michelle Szkilnik, Rupert T. Pickens, Karen Pratt and Andrea M. L. Williams VIIIThe ProseTristan † Emmanuèle Baumgartner (translated by Sarah Singer)

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Rewriting Prose Romance: The Post-VulgateRoman du Graal and Related Texts Fanni Bogdanow and Richard Trachsler Arthurian Verse Romance in the Twelfth and Thirteenth Centuries Douglas Kelly (ed.) and Contributors

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THE ARTHUR OF THE FRENCH

XIManuscript Compilations of Verse Romances Lori J. Walters XIILate Medieval Arthurian Literature Jane H.M. Taylor (ed.), Peter F. Ainsworth, Norris J. Lacy, Edward Donald Kennedy and William W. Kibler XIIIThe Arthurian Tradition in Occitan Literature Simon Gaunt and Ruth Harvey XIVArthur in Modern French Fiction and Film Joan Tasker Grimbert and Norris J. Lacy

General Bibliography Glyn S. Burgess General Index Index of Manuscripts

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PREFACE Ad Putter

This book is the fourth volume in the series Arthurian Literature in the Middle Ages. The purpose of the series is to provide a comprehensive and reliable survey of Arthurian writings in all their cultural and generic variety. For some time, the single-volumeArthurian Literature in the Middle Ages: A Collaborative History edited by R. S. Loomis (Oxford, 1959) served the needs of students and scholars of Arthurian literature admirably, but it has now been overtaken by advances in scholarship and by changes in critical perspectives and methodologies. The Vinaver Trust recognized the need for a fresh and up-to-date survey, and that several volumes were required to do justice to the distinctive contributions made to Arthurian literature by the various cultures of medieval Europe. The basis for this volume and its predecessors in the series is cultural rather than national.The Arthur of the Frenchis primarily devoted to medieval Arthurian texts in French and Occitan, composed across a wide geographical area, though it also takes account of their historical, cultural and manuscript contexts, their afterlife in later periods, and of the formative influences by and on texts from extraneous cultures. The series is mainly aimed at undergraduate and postgraduate students and at scholars working in the fields covered by each of the volumes. They have, however, also been written to be accessible to students and scholars from different fields, who want or need to learn what forms Arthurian narratives took in languages and literatures that they may not know, and how those narratives influenced the cultures they do know. Within these parameters the editors have had control over the shape and content of their individual volumes. The mastermind behind this series was Ray Barron, who died without being able to see this latest instalment,The Arthur of the French, in its final form. This book is dedicated to his memory.