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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... poem . At the beginning of the poem , after the banquet for the ambassadors , the party is returning to chambers , and " Sir Gawain the worthy Dame Waynor he ledes " ( 233 ) . In his second appearance , Gawain is himself leading the ...
... poem . At the beginning of the poem , after the banquet for the ambassadors , the party is returning to chambers , and " Sir Gawain the worthy Dame Waynor he ledes " ( 233 ) . In his second appearance , Gawain is himself leading the ...
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... poem . Jousting with an unknown opponent is a typically aimless and irrational romantic action , and in the context of this poem it is difficult to account for . It is only incidental to the impending battle with the Duke of Lorraine ...
... poem . Jousting with an unknown opponent is a typically aimless and irrational romantic action , and in the context of this poem it is difficult to account for . It is only incidental to the impending battle with the Duke of Lorraine ...
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... Poem , ed . Karl Heinz Göller ( Cambridge : D.S. Brewer , 1981 ) : 106-16 . 24 Chanson de Roland , Laisse 87 ; here trans . Dorothy Sayers , The Song of Roland ( Harmondsworth : Penguin , 1957 ) : 94 . 25 All passages from the ...
... Poem , ed . Karl Heinz Göller ( Cambridge : D.S. Brewer , 1981 ) : 106-16 . 24 Chanson de Roland , Laisse 87 ; here trans . Dorothy Sayers , The Song of Roland ( Harmondsworth : Penguin , 1957 ) : 94 . 25 All passages from the ...
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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