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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... example , that a female portrait was in confirmity with the prescription found in Geoffrey of Vinsauf's Poetria Nova . A deeper under- standing of how medieval poets set to work suggests that invention ( inventio ) is the most important ...
... example , that a female portrait was in confirmity with the prescription found in Geoffrey of Vinsauf's Poetria Nova . A deeper under- standing of how medieval poets set to work suggests that invention ( inventio ) is the most important ...
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... example in his Famous Prediction of Merlin , the British wizard , Written About a Thousand Years Ago , and Relating to the Year 1709 ) , Merlin became a generic name associated with almanachs – a fate from which he was not rescued ...
... example in his Famous Prediction of Merlin , the British wizard , Written About a Thousand Years Ago , and Relating to the Year 1709 ) , Merlin became a generic name associated with almanachs – a fate from which he was not rescued ...
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... example ; Percy's own volumes of Reliques ( 1765 ) or Warton's History of English Poetry ( 1774-81 ) may serve as others , that in spite of gentilizing touch - ups kept differentiating and carefully separating the material into ...
... example ; Percy's own volumes of Reliques ( 1765 ) or Warton's History of English Poetry ( 1774-81 ) may serve as others , that in spite of gentilizing touch - ups kept differentiating and carefully separating the material into ...
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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