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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Page 75
... hero's death near the end , fighting the archenemy . Kay and Gawain were assigned their roles by the French and German writers . In the hands of Chrétien , Kay and Gawain come to serve thematic ends . Gawain's virtues are , in W.T.H. ...
... hero's death near the end , fighting the archenemy . Kay and Gawain were assigned their roles by the French and German writers . In the hands of Chrétien , Kay and Gawain come to serve thematic ends . Gawain's virtues are , in W.T.H. ...
Page 115
... hero away from the world of action and so threatens to dishonour him . Over and over again , a fay or an enchantress , drawn to a knight by his heroic vitality , lures him to her bower , her enchanted island , her paradise garden where ...
... hero away from the world of action and so threatens to dishonour him . Over and over again , a fay or an enchantress , drawn to a knight by his heroic vitality , lures him to her bower , her enchanted island , her paradise garden where ...
Page 121
... hero was invented , Galahad . His mother , Elaine , is the daughter of the Fisher King , so that the hero is of the line of the Grail Keepers . His father is Lancelot , who to any right - thinking person is obviously the best candidate ...
... hero was invented , Galahad . His mother , Elaine , is the daughter of the Fisher King , so that the hero is of the line of the Grail Keepers . His father is Lancelot , who to any right - thinking person is obviously the best candidate ...
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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