Handbook of Arthurian Romance : : King Arthur's Court in Medieval European Literature /

Handbook of Arthurian Romance : : King Arthur's Court in Medieval European Literature / / ed. by Leah Tether, Johnny McFadyen.

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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...

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MitwirkendeR:
Besamusca, Bart,
Brandsma, Frank,
Busby, Keith,
Byrne, Aisling,
Campbell, Laura Chuhan,
Echard, Siân,
Elliott, Andrew B.R.,
Eriksen, Stefka G.,
Ferlampin-Acher, Christine,
Fulton, Helen,
Gracia, Paloma,
Griffith, Gareth,
Hinton, Thomas,
Hogenbirk, Marjolein,
Johnston, Andrew James,
Kragl, Florian,
Larrington, Carolyne,
Lee, Charmaine,
Lodén, Sofia,
Lynch, Andrew,
McFadyen, Johnny,
Meyer, Matthias,
Moran, Patrick,
Morgans, Lowri,
Murgia, Giulia,
Putter, Ad,
Radulescu, Raluca L.,
Rayner, Samantha J.,
Rikhardsdottir, Sif,
Rouse, Robert,
Stolz, Michael,
Stones, Alison,
Taylor, Jane H.M.,
Tether, Leah,
Trachsler, Richard,
HerausgeberIn:
McFadyen, Johnny,
Tether, Leah,
Place / Publishing House:Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter, , [2017]
©2017
Year of Publication:2017
Language:English
Series:De Gruyter Reference
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Physical Description:1 online resource (XV, 548 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Acknowledgments
  • Table of contents
  • List of Contributors
  • List of Abbreviations
  • Introduction: King Arthur’s Court in Medieval European Literature
  • Section I. The Context of Arthurian Romance
  • Historical Context: The Middle Ages and the Code of Chivalry
  • The International Arthurian Society and Arthurian Scholarship
  • The Evolution of the Critical Canon
  • Text-Types and Formal Features
  • The Arthur-Figure
  • The Manuscript Context of Arthurian Romance
  • Readership and Audience
  • Section II. Approaching Arthurian Romance: Theories and Key Terms
  • Chronology, Anachronism and Translatio Imperii
  • Historiography: Fictionality vs. Factuality
  • Rewriting: Translation, Continuation and Adaptation
  • Intertextuality
  • New Philology/Manuscript Studies
  • Text and Image
  • Material Studies
  • The Natural World
  • Gender/Queer Studies
  • Orality, Literacy and Performativity of Arthurian Texts
  • Medievalism
  • Post-Colonial Studies
  • Section III. Reading Arthurian Romances: Content, Method and Context
  • Heinrich von dem Türlin’s Diu Crône: Life at the Arthurian Court
  • Herr Ivan: Chivalric Values and Negotiations of Identity
  • La Tavola Ritonda: Magic and the Supernatural
  • Chrétien de Troyes’ Lancelot, ou le Chevalier de la charrette: Courtly Love
  • Sir Percyvell of Galles: A Quest for Values
  • Peredur son of Efrawg: The Question of Translation and/or Adaptation
  • The Roman van Walewein and Moriaen: Travelling through Landscapes and Foreign Countries
  • The Iberian Post-Vulgate Cycle: Cyclicity in Translation
  • Wolfram von Eschenbach’s Parzival: Searching for the Grail
  • Chrétien de Troyes’ Erec et Enide: Women in Arthurian Romance
  • Merlin: Christian Ethics and the Question of Shame
  • De ortu Walwanii and Historia Meriadoci: Technologies in/of Romance
  • Jaufre: Genre Boundaries and Ambiguity
  • Index

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