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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... present purpose , because so much of it takes the form of medieval romance . Medieval romancers , unlike modern historical novelists , care little for authenticity . When they draw on themes from the distant past - on the cycle of the ...
... present purpose , because so much of it takes the form of medieval romance . Medieval romancers , unlike modern historical novelists , care little for authenticity . When they draw on themes from the distant past - on the cycle of the ...
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... present to generate a new look at real- ity , 4 present and past — and , incidentally , to prepare the ground for a new genre like the novel . " Chivalry " , then , and with it the Middle Ages , had thus acquired quite a bad name among ...
... present to generate a new look at real- ity , 4 present and past — and , incidentally , to prepare the ground for a new genre like the novel . " Chivalry " , then , and with it the Middle Ages , had thus acquired quite a bad name among ...
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... present which could sublimate and celebrate this past in art and ancient monuments . Some version of this profoundly conservative balancing act between the past and the present , the wild and the ruled , the natural and the polite , is ...
... present which could sublimate and celebrate this past in art and ancient monuments . Some version of this profoundly conservative balancing act between the past and the present , the wild and the ruled , the natural and the polite , is ...
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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