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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... stories , and yet the kernel remains the same . The story of Alexander the Great was popular for many centuries but lost most of its appeal with the death of the " heroic society " and was , incidentally , ousted by the Arthurian legend ...
... stories , and yet the kernel remains the same . The story of Alexander the Great was popular for many centuries but lost most of its appeal with the death of the " heroic society " and was , incidentally , ousted by the Arthurian legend ...
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... story of Arthur come from ? Some of it comes from the Welsh items already mentioned , the two texts recording his battles , or something like them . But these account for only about one - fifth of it , and the emphasis is entirely ...
... story of Arthur come from ? Some of it comes from the Welsh items already mentioned , the two texts recording his battles , or something like them . But these account for only about one - fifth of it , and the emphasis is entirely ...
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... story ever told ' , which by no means is meant to imply that the events related in it did not actually happen . Far from it . What it is meant to imply is that great truths are told in great stories . And I think that is a truthful ...
... story ever told ' , which by no means is meant to imply that the events related in it did not actually happen . Far from it . What it is meant to imply is that great truths are told in great stories . And I think that is a truthful ...
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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