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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Page 71
... writers like Marie de France ) we can see that the development of Arthurian romance in England is complex ... writers were so unskilled that the current critical fashion for preferring texts to writers becomes attractive , although one ...
... writers like Marie de France ) we can see that the development of Arthurian romance in England is complex ... writers were so unskilled that the current critical fashion for preferring texts to writers becomes attractive , although one ...
Page 97
... writers may best be called " antiquarian " . The professors Thomas Gray and Thomas Warton first spring to mind as workers both in the field of imaginative writing and of scholarly research . But there are , of course , lesser known ...
... writers may best be called " antiquarian " . The professors Thomas Gray and Thomas Warton first spring to mind as workers both in the field of imaginative writing and of scholarly research . But there are , of course , lesser known ...
Page 99
... writers used his name . " Good King Arthur's " pretensions to a noble court and heroic deeds along with most of the chivalric literary tradi- tion were metamorphosed into absurd images and plots that made sense only in ballads like ...
... writers used his name . " Good King Arthur's " pretensions to a noble court and heroic deeds along with most of the chivalric literary tradi- tion were metamorphosed into absurd images and plots that made sense only in ballads like ...
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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