"Chrétien de Troyes was one of the most important medieval writers of Arthurian narrative. A key figure in reshaping the "once and future fictions" of Arthurian story, he was instrumental in the late twelfth-century shift from written and oral legendary traditions to a highly so…
A la lumière des récits du Graal, Jean Markale dresse les portraits complexes de chacune de ces envoûtantes créatures : Guenièvre, Morgane, Viviane, la Dame du lac. Au-delà de leur apparence, qui se cache derrière elles? Ne sont-elles pas les multiples visages d'une seule femme,…
Featuring three original and 14 classic essays, this volume examines literary representations of women in Arthuriana and how women artists have viewed them. The essays discuss the female characters in Arthurian legend, medieval and modern readers of the legend, modern critics an…
Featuring three original and 14 classic essays, this volume examines literary representations of women in Arthuriana and how women artists have viewed them. The essays discuss the female characters in Arthurian legend, medieval and modern readers of the legend, modern critics an…
