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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A Symposium Mette Pors. a framework into which the romances more or less fitted . As a quasi - historical ruler over Britain , he was the creation of one man . Towards 1138 - perhaps a trifle later ( it now appears ) than some scholars ...
A Symposium Mette Pors. a framework into which the romances more or less fitted . As a quasi - historical ruler over Britain , he was the creation of one man . Towards 1138 - perhaps a trifle later ( it now appears ) than some scholars ...
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... less from the mid - sixties onwards is difficult to say ; some would cynically claim that there is simply a limit to the number of interpretations that can be put on Gauvain's behaviour in Yvain or Perceval and that Chrétien's ...
... less from the mid - sixties onwards is difficult to say ; some would cynically claim that there is simply a limit to the number of interpretations that can be put on Gauvain's behaviour in Yvain or Perceval and that Chrétien's ...
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... less advanced than that of Chrétien , and much more basic work has had to be done here . Elspeth Kennedy and Alexandre Micha have both occupied themselves extensively with the prose Lancelot , and their editing has led in critical work ...
... less advanced than that of Chrétien , and much more basic work has had to be done here . Elspeth Kennedy and Alexandre Micha have both occupied themselves extensively with the prose Lancelot , and their editing has led in critical work ...
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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