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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... seems to be a universal phenomenon , and the lyric , which appears first in Provençal , the first examples of most genres in the vernacular are in French ; most types of medieval vernacular literature are imported from French - speaking ...
... seems to be a universal phenomenon , and the lyric , which appears first in Provençal , the first examples of most genres in the vernacular are in French ; most types of medieval vernacular literature are imported from French - speaking ...
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... seems to me doubtful whether the particular recent interest in " deconstruction " is liable to prove as fruitful when applied to Arthurian romance as the Greimasian strain , but Peter Haidu , whose more recent work also has a strongly ...
... seems to me doubtful whether the particular recent interest in " deconstruction " is liable to prove as fruitful when applied to Arthurian romance as the Greimasian strain , but Peter Haidu , whose more recent work also has a strongly ...
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... seem so often powerless or even disinclined to protect ordinary citizens against attack . The hero takes the law into ... seems , is testing himself . He is testing his skill as a fighter , his courage , his readiness to cope with every ...
... seem so often powerless or even disinclined to protect ordinary citizens against attack . The hero takes the law into ... seems , is testing himself . He is testing his skill as a fighter , his courage , his readiness to cope with every ...
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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