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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... kind of structural analysis mentioned above , although investigation into the architectonic principles of the prose romances is still making up lost time . Why precisely these kinds of issues concern scholars less from the mid - sixties ...
... kind of structural analysis mentioned above , although investigation into the architectonic principles of the prose romances is still making up lost time . Why precisely these kinds of issues concern scholars less from the mid - sixties ...
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... kind of meaningless single combat common in the romances , a dangerous flexing of muscles to determine masculine dominance . Through this combat Gawain enlists Sir Priamus in Arthur's cause against the Duke of Lorraine . Gawain's fourth ...
... kind of meaningless single combat common in the romances , a dangerous flexing of muscles to determine masculine dominance . Through this combat Gawain enlists Sir Priamus in Arthur's cause against the Duke of Lorraine . Gawain's fourth ...
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... kind has established itself . He puts an end to the evil by main force , by fighting and killing somebody - and then he rides on his lonely way again . - It is a theme which has come into considerable prominence again in very recent ...
... kind has established itself . He puts an end to the evil by main force , by fighting and killing somebody - and then he rides on his lonely way again . - It is a theme which has come into considerable prominence again in very recent ...
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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