The Vitality of the Arthurian Legend: A SymposiumMette Pors Proceedings of the Twelfth International Symposium organised by the Centre for the Study of Vernacular Literature in the Middle Ages held at the Odense University on 16-17 November 1987. |
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... Celtic fairy - tale character , or a fictitious chief invented by some Cymric bard hundreds of years later . Furthermore , with this particular name , something unusual happened . It enjoyed a sudden , unprecedented vogue in the second ...
... Celtic fairy - tale character , or a fictitious chief invented by some Cymric bard hundreds of years later . Furthermore , with this particular name , something unusual happened . It enjoyed a sudden , unprecedented vogue in the second ...
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... Celtic Origin " ; " Beginnings of the Prose Romances " ; " Development of the Vulgate Cycle " ; " The Influence of the Prose Romances on subsequent Literature " ; " Supplementary Observations on the Question : Were there Arthurian ...
... Celtic Origin " ; " Beginnings of the Prose Romances " ; " Development of the Vulgate Cycle " ; " The Influence of the Prose Romances on subsequent Literature " ; " Supplementary Observations on the Question : Were there Arthurian ...
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... Celtic / Gaelic and Nordic / Germanic , and mixing them further with chivalry and its attendant themes of feudalism , minstrelsy , and balladry . It is curious to see two counteractive but sometimes also mutually beneficial movements at ...
... Celtic / Gaelic and Nordic / Germanic , and mixing them further with chivalry and its attendant themes of feudalism , minstrelsy , and balladry . It is curious to see two counteractive but sometimes also mutually beneficial movements at ...
Contents
An Introduction to the Story of Arthur | 13 |
The Historical Origins of the Arthurian Legend | 25 |
Recent Progress | 45 |
Copyright | |
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