Arthurian Romances

Arthurian Romances
Title Arthurian Romances PDF eBook
Author Chretien de Troyes
Publisher Courier Corporation
Pages 322
Release 2013-03-21
Genre Fiction
ISBN 0486147517

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Filled with romantic tales of Lancelot and early Grail legends, this exacting translation of de Troyes' verse narratives written in the 12th century features four romances that expound on the ideals of French chivalry.

The Development of Arthurian Romance

The Development of Arthurian Romance
Title The Development of Arthurian Romance PDF eBook
Author Roger Sherman Loomis
Publisher Courier Corporation
Pages 201
Release 2012-11-13
Genre Literary Criticism
ISBN 0486145522

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Stimulating and masterly study examines the evolution of the great mass of fiction surrounding the Arthurian legend in Western literature — from Geoffrey of Monmouth's History of the Kings of Britain and the collection of Welsh tales known as The Mabinogion, to Chrétien de Troyes' Arthurian stories, the Parzival of Wolfram von Eschenbach, and such English masterpieces as Sir Gawain and the Green Knight and Le Morte d'Arthur. Painstakingly researched and brimming with scholarly insight, this highly readable and entertaining work will be a favorite with general audiences as well as scholars and students of the Arthurian legend.

Arthurian Romance

Arthurian Romance
Title Arthurian Romance PDF eBook
Author Derek Pearsall
Publisher John Wiley & Sons
Pages 192
Release 2008-04-15
Genre Literary Criticism
ISBN 0470776773

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This witty and accessible book traces the history of Arthurian romance from medieval to modern times, explaining its enduring appeal. Traces the history of Arthurian romance from medieval to modern times. Covers art and films as well as the great literary works of Arthurian romance. Draws out the changing political, moral and emotional uses of the story. Explains the enduring appeal of the Arthurian legend. Written by an author with vast knowledge of medieval literature.

Handbook of Arthurian Romance

Handbook of Arthurian Romance
Title Handbook of Arthurian Romance PDF eBook
Author Leah Tether
Publisher Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Pages 521
Release 2017-06-26
Genre Literary Criticism
ISBN 311043248X

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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 from (pseudo-)historical beginnings in the Latin chronicles of "historians" such as Geoffrey of Monmouth into masterful literary works like the romances of Chrétien de Troyes. Evidently a big hit, Arthur found himself being swiftly translated, adapted and integrated into the literary traditions of almost every European vernacular during the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries. This Handbook seeks to showcase the European character of Arthurian romance both past and present. By working across national philological boundaries, which in the past have tended to segregate the study of Arthurian romance according to language, as well as by exploring primary texts from different vernaculars and the Latin tradition in conjunction with recent theoretical concepts and approaches, this Handbook brings together a pioneering and more complete view of the specifically European context of Arthurian romance, and promotes the more connected study of Arthurian literature across the entirety of its European context.

Paganism in Arthurian Romance

Paganism in Arthurian Romance
Title Paganism in Arthurian Romance PDF eBook
Author John Darrah
Publisher Boydell & Brewer
Pages 328
Release 1997
Genre Biography & Autobiography
ISBN 9780859914260

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"His most original contribution to an unravelling of a pagan Arthurian past lies in his appropriation of the fascinating evidence of standing stones and pagan cultic sites. The magical attributes of stones are exemplified in prehistoric standing stones, the real counterparts of the perrons of the French romances. This is dark and difficult territory, but certain events in the Arthurian cycle, which take place on and around Salisbury Plain, have correspondences with known prehistoric events. Building on these elusive clues, and tracing a range of sites around the river Severn and south Wales, John Darrah has added a significant new dimension to the search for the sources of England's great epic, the legends of Arthur and his court."--Jacket.

Celtic Myth and Arthurian Romance

Celtic Myth and Arthurian Romance
Title Celtic Myth and Arthurian Romance PDF eBook
Author Roger Sherman Loomis
Publisher Chicago Review Press
Pages 457
Release 2005-08-30
Genre Social Science
ISBN 1613732104

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King Arthur was not an Englishman, but a Celtic warrior, according to Loomis, whose research into the background of the Arthurian legend reveals findings which are both illuminating and highly controversial. The author sees the vegetarian goddess as the prototype of many damsels in Arthurian romance, and Arthur's knights as the gods of sun and storm. If Loomis's arguments are accepted, where does this leave the historic Arthur?

Arthurian Romances, Tales, and Lyric Poetry

Arthurian Romances, Tales, and Lyric Poetry
Title Arthurian Romances, Tales, and Lyric Poetry PDF eBook
Author Kim Vivian
Publisher Penn State Press
Pages 350
Release 2010-11-01
Genre Literary Criticism
ISBN 9780271043593

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Hartmann von Aue (c. 1170&–1215) is universally recognized as the first medieval German poet to create world-class literature. He crafted German into a language of refined literary expression that paved the way for writers such as Gottfried von Strassburg, Walther von der Vogelweide, and Wolfram von Eschenbach. This volume presents the English reader for the first time with the complete works of Hartmann in readable, idiomatic English. Hartmann's literary efforts cover all the major genres and themes of medieval courtly literature. His Arthurian romances, Erec and Iwein, which he modeled after Chr&étien de Troyes, introduced the Arthurian world to German audiences and set the standard for later German writers. His lyric poetry treats many aspects of courtly love, including fine examples of the crusading song. His dialogue on love delineates the theory of courtly relationships between the sexes and the quandary the lover experiences. His verse novellas Gregorius and Poor Heinrich transcend the world of mere human dimensions and examine the place and duties of the human in the divine scheme of things. Longfellow would later use Poor Heinrich in his Golden Legend. Arthurian Romances, Tales, and Lyric Poetry is a major work destined to place Hartmann at the center of medieval courtly literature for English readers.