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Arthurian Literature XX
Edited by Keith Busby
Edited by Roger Dalrymple


Arthurian Literature continues the policy of alternating themed issues and miscellanies. This varied collection includes studies of major Arthurian works and authors in Old French, Middle High German, Middle English, and of one important novel by C.S. Lewis. A controversial textual crux in Chrétien's Yvain, debated vigorously by scholars in the late 1980s, is revisited, while the narrative function of clothing in Chrétien's romances comes under review. An enigmatic and linguistically difficult passage from Der jüngere Titurel is translated and discussed, and an article on Der arme Heinrich studies this pious tale in the context of its generic affiliations: while not strictly speaking an Arthurian romance, it deserves consideration here as a work of one of medieval Germany's most significant writers of Arthurian romance. There is discussion of Thomas Chestre's adoption of the lai as a vehicle for social criticism in his Middle English adaptation of Marie de France's Lanval; the evolution of Arthurian romance in medieval England is also the primary concern in a study of The Awntyrs off Arthure. The figure of Arthur himself is central to an examination of the Middle English Prose Brut, and the delicate political implications of Malory's Morte Darthur are explored. Finally, C.S. Lewis's transformation and use of the figures of Uther Pendragon and Merlin in That Hideous Strength is explored. Contributors: RICHARD BARBER, JANE DEWHURST, TAMAR DRUKKER, CYRIL EDWARDS, DINA HAZELL, DONALD KENNEDY, GERALD SEAMAN, KRISTA SUE-LO-TWU, JANINA P. TRAXLER, MONICA L. WRIGHT.

 

DETAILS

217 pages
Size: 23.4 x 15.6 cm
13 digit ISBN: 9780859917988
Binding: Hardback
First published: 30/Oct/2003
Price: 95.00 USD / 50.00 GBP
Imprint: D. S. Brewer
Series: Arthurian Literature
Subject: Medieval Literature

BIC class: CGL

STATUS: Print on demand (please allow 3 weeks for delivery)
Details updated on 01/12/2008

Contents
1   Reassessing Chrétien's Elusive Vanz
Gerald Seaman
2   Their Clothing Becomes Them: The Narrative Function of Clothing in Chrétien de Troyes
Monica L. Wright
3   Generic Hybridity in Hartmann von Aue's Der Arme Heinrich
Jane Dewhurst
4   The Grail Temple in Der jüngere Titurel [with Cyril Edwards]
Richard W Barber
4   The Grail Temple in Der jüngere Titurel [with Richard Barber]
Cyril Edwards
5   The Awntyrs off Arthure at the Terne Wathelyne: Reliquary for Romance
Krista Sue-Lo Twu
6   The Blinding of Gwennere: Thomas Chestre as Social Critic
Dinah Hazell
7   Malory's Morte Darthur: A Politically Neutral English Adaptation of the Arthurian Story
Edward Donald Kennedy
8   King, Crusader, Knight: The Composite Arthur of the Middle English Prose Brut
Tamar Drukker
9   Pendragon, Merlin and Logos: The Undoing of Babel in That Hideous Strength
Janina P Traxler

Reviews
[Its] rich variety is no small part of the value of this work....Arthurian scholars in French, German and English will find something of value in this collection. It should be read by all interested in Arthur. ARTHURIANA



 

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