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A Companion to Chrétien de Troyes

✍ Scribed by Norris J. Lacy (editor), Joan Tasker Grimbert (editor)

Publisher
D.S.Brewer
Year
2005
Tongue
English
Leaves
261
Series
Arthurian Studies 63
Category
Library
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✦ Synopsis

Chrétien 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 Chrétien 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; the contributions, all from leading experts in Chrétien and related studies, have been commissioned especially for this volume and are designed to remain accessible to students while also addressing specialists in Arthurian studies and Chrétien de Troyes. They reflect the most current critical and scholarly views on one of the greatest of medieval authors.

✦ Table of Contents

Contents
The Contributors
Introduction • Norris J. Lacy and Joan Tasker Grimbert
PART I: BACKGROUND
1. Chrétien in History • JOHN W. BALDWIN
2. Chrétien’s Patrons • JUNE HALL McCASH
3. Chrétien’s Literary Background • LAURENCE HARF-LANCNER
4. The Arthurian Legend Before Chrétien • NORRIS J. LACY
5. Narrative Poetics: Rhetoric, Orality and Performance • DOUGLAS KELLY
6. The Manuscripts of Chrétien’s Romances • KEITH BUSBY
7. Editing Chrétien • PETER F. DEMBOWSKI
PART II: TEXTS
8. Philomena: Brutal Transitions and Courtly Transformations in Chrétien’s Old French Translation • ROBERTA L. KRUEGER
9. Erec et Enide: The First Arthurian Romance • DONALD MADDOX AND SARA STURM-MADDOX
10. Cligés and the Chansons: A Slave to Love • JOAN TASKER GRIMBERT
11. Le Chevalier de la Charrette: That Obscure Object of Desire, Lancelot • MATILDA TOMARYN BRUCKNER
12. Le Chevalier au Lion: Yvain Lionheart • TONY HUNT
13. Le Conte du Graal: Chrétien’s Unfinished Last Romance • RUPERT T. PICKENS
PART III: MEDIEVAL RECEPTION AND INFLUENCE
14. The Continuations of the Conte du Graal • ANNIE COMBES
15. Medieval Translations and Adaptations of Chrétien’s Works • MICHELLE SZKILNIK
16. Chrétien’s Medieval Influence: From the Grail Quest to the Joy of the Court • EMMANUÈLE BAUMGARTNER
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