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 83
... Lady of the Lake in Arthur's presence , without forethought and without regard for conse- quences . The episode with Sir Priamus is a pure romance interlude , placed in a landscape which is incongruously idyllic and removed from the ...
... Lady of the Lake in Arthur's presence , without forethought and without regard for conse- quences . The episode with Sir Priamus is a pure romance interlude , placed in a landscape which is incongruously idyllic and removed from the ...
Page 108
... Lady of the Lake . That there was a lake , we do know ; all over Somerset ; we find archaeological and other traces that this part of Somerset was under water , part of a great brackish inland sea which was not entirely drained until ...
... Lady of the Lake . That there was a lake , we do know ; all over Somerset ; we find archaeological and other traces that this part of Somerset was under water , part of a great brackish inland sea which was not entirely drained until ...
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... ladies . They stretch their nerves , and so they are nervous . They are not at least most of them - brutish heroes ... lady . The knight needs to show himself worthy of her , and his passion for her lends strength to his arm in combat ...
... ladies . They stretch their nerves , and so they are nervous . They are not at least most of them - brutish heroes ... lady . The knight needs to show himself worthy of her , and his passion for her lends strength to his arm in combat ...
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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