A Companion to the Lancelot-Grail Cycle

A Companion to the Lancelot-Grail Cycle
Title A Companion to the Lancelot-Grail Cycle PDF eBook
Author Carol Dover
Publisher DS Brewer
Pages 300
Release 2003
Genre Literary Criticism
ISBN 9780859917834

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The early thirteenth-century French prose Lancelot-Grail Cycle (or Vulgate Cycle) brings together the stories of Arthur with those of the Grail, a conjunction of materials that continues to fascinate the Western imagination today. Representing what is probably the earliest large-scale use of prose for fiction in the West, it also exemplifies the taste for big cyclic compositions that shaped much of European narrative fiction for three centuries. A Companion to the Lancelot-Grail Cycle is the first comprehensive volume devoted exclusively to the Lancelot-Grail Cycle and its medieval legacy. The twenty essays in this volume, all by internationally known scholars, locate the work in its social, historical, literary, and manuscript contexts. In addition to addressing critical issues in the five texts that make up the Cycle, the contributors convey to modern readers the appeal that the text must have had for its medieval audiences, and the richness of composition that made it compelling. This volume will become standard reading for scholars, students, and more general readers interested in the Lancelot-Grail Cycle, medieval romance, Malory studies, and the Arthurian legends. Contributors: RICHARD BARBER, EMMANUELE BAUMGARTNER, FANNI BOGDANOW, FRANK BRANDSMA, MATILDA T. BRUCKNER, CAROL J. CHASE, ANNIE COMBES, HELEN COOPER, CAROL R. DOVER, MICHAEL HARNEY, DONALD L. HOFFMAN, DOUGLAS KELLY, ELSPETH KENNEDY, NORRIS J. LACY, ROGER MIDDLETON, HAQUIRA OSAKABE, HANS-HUGO STEINHOFF, ALISON STONES, RICHARD TRACHSLER. CAROL DOVER is associate professor of French and director of undergraduate studies, Georgetown University, Washington DC.

A Companion to the Lancelot-Grail Cycle

A Companion to the Lancelot-Grail Cycle
Title A Companion to the Lancelot-Grail Cycle PDF eBook
Author Carol Dover
Publisher D. S. Brewer
Pages 0
Release 2010
Genre Literary Collections
ISBN 9781843842453

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The Cambridge Companion to Medieval French Literature

The Cambridge Companion to Medieval French Literature
Title The Cambridge Companion to Medieval French Literature PDF eBook
Author Simon Gaunt
Publisher Cambridge University Press
Pages
Release 2008-04-10
Genre Literary Criticism
ISBN 9781139827874

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Medieval French literature encompasses 450 years of literary output in Old and Middle French, mostly produced in Northern France and England. These texts, including courtly lyrics, prose and verse romances, dits amoureux and plays, proved hugely influential for other European literary traditions in the medieval period and beyond. This Companion offers a wide-ranging and stimulating guide to literature composed in medieval French from its beginnings in the ninth century until the Renaissance. The essays are grounded in detailed analysis of canonical texts and authors such as the Chanson de Roland, the Roman de la Rose, Villon's Testament, Chrétien de Troyes, Machaut, Christine de Pisan and the Tristan romances. Featuring a chronology and suggestions for further reading, this is the ideal companion for students and scholars in other fields wishing to discover the riches of the French medieval tradition.

Lancelot of the Lake

Lancelot of the Lake
Title Lancelot of the Lake PDF eBook
Author
Publisher Oxford University Press, USA
Pages 486
Release 2000
Genre Arthurian romances
ISBN 9780192837936

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The early 13th century French romance tells of Lancelot's childhood, his arrival at King Arthur's court, and the flowering of his legendary love affair with Queen Guinevere.

The Cambridge Companion to the Arthurian Legend

The Cambridge Companion to the Arthurian Legend
Title The Cambridge Companion to the Arthurian Legend PDF eBook
Author Elizabeth Archibald
Publisher Cambridge University Press
Pages 287
Release 2009-09-10
Genre Literary Criticism
ISBN 0521860598

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Covers the evolution of the legend over time and analyses the major themes that have emerged.

The Quest of the Holy Grail

The Quest of the Holy Grail
Title The Quest of the Holy Grail PDF eBook
Author
Publisher Penguin
Pages 328
Release 1969-02-28
Genre Fiction
ISBN 9780140442205

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Composed by an unknown author in early thirteenth-century France, The Quest of the Holy Grail is a fusion of Arthurian legend and Christian symbolism, reinterpreting ancient Celtic myth as a profound spiritual fable. It recounts the quest of the knights of Camelot - the simple Perceval, the thoughtful Bors, the rash Gawain, the weak Lancelot and the saintly Galahad - as they journey through danger and temptation to reach the elusive Holy Grail. But only one of them is judged worthy to see the mysteries within the sacred vessel, and look upon the ineffable. Enfused with tragic grandeur and an aura of mysticism, The Quest is an absorbing and radiant allegory of man's perilous search for divine grace, and had a profound influence on later Arthurian romances and versions of the Grail legend. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.

Lancelot and the Grail

Lancelot and the Grail
Title Lancelot and the Grail PDF eBook
Author Elspeth Kennedy
Publisher
Pages 416
Release 1990
Genre Literary Criticism
ISBN

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Kennedy's Lancelot and the Grail offers a new solution to the fascinating puzzle of how the tale of Lancelot's love for Guinevere came to be linked with the legend of the Grail. Based on extensive research on the textual tradition of a romance copied and read over a time span of three centuries, the book raises such issues as the interplay between feudal relationships and literary structures, intertextuality, and the development of a text through time.