A companion to Chrétien de Troyes

A companion to Chrétien de Troyes

by Grimbert, Joan T. Lacy, Norris J.

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"Chretien de Troyes is arguably the creator of Arthurian romance, and it is on his work that later writers have based their interpretations." "This book offers both crucial information on, and a comprehensive coverage of, all aspects of the work of Chretien de Troyes - the literary and historical background, patronage, his influence on other writers, manuscripts and editions of his work and, at the heart of the volume, major essays on his themes, techniques and artistic achievements in each of …

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Title Statements

  • Full title :A companion to Chrétien de Troyes / edited by Norris J. Lacy and Joan Tasker Grimbert.

Summary

"Chretien de Troyes is arguably the creator of Arthurian romance, and it is on his work that later writers have based their interpretations." "This book offers both crucial information on, and a comprehensive coverage of, all aspects of the work of Chretien de Troyes - the literary and historical background, patronage, his influence on other writers, manuscripts and editions of his work and, at the heart of the volume, major essays on his themes, techniques and artistic achievements in each of his compositions."--Jacket.

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Edition Statements

  • Publication Date:2005.

Publication Statements

  • Publisher(s):D.S. Brewer
  • Place of Publication:Cambridge
  • Language:eng
  • Publication Date:2005.

The Physical Object

  • Description:xiv, 242 pages ; : 24 cm.

Edition Identifiers

  • ISBN:1843840502, 9781843840503, 9781843841616, 1843841614
  • oclc:ocm58919581
  • LC Classification:PQ1448
  • Dewey Decimal:841/.1

Table of Contents

Chrétien in history / John W. Baldwin -- Chrétien's patrons / June Hall McCash -- Chrétien's literary background / Laurence Harf-Lancner -- The Arthurian legend before Chrétien / Norris J. Lacy -- Narrative poetics : rhetoric, orality and performance / Douglas Kelly -- The manuscripts of Chrétien's romances / Keith Busby -- Editing Chrétien / Peter F. Dembowski -- Philomena : brutal transitions and courtly transformations in Chrétien's old French translation / Roberta L. Krueger -- Erec et Enide : the first Arthurian romance / Donald Maddox, Sara Sturm-Maddox -- Cligés and the Chansons : a slave to love / Joan Tasker Grimbert -- Le chevalier de la charrette : that obscure object of desire, Lancelot / Matilda Tomaryn Bruckner -- Le chevalier au lion : Yvain Lionheart / Tony Hunt -- Le conte du Graal : Chrétien's unfinished last romance / Rupert T. Pickens -- The continuations of the Conte du Graal / Annie Combes -- Medieval translations and adaptations of Chrétien's works / Michelle Szkilnik / Chrétien's medieval influence : from the grail quest to the joy of the court / Emmanuèle Baumgartner.

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Subjects

Arthurian romances Arthurian romances -- History and criti… Aufsatzsammlung Chrétien,, de Troyes Criticism, interpretation, etc Cycle d'Arthur -- Histoire et critique

Writers

Grimbert, Joan T. Lacy, Norris J.

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