A History of Arthurian Scholarship

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Norris J. Lacy
Boydell & Brewer Ltd, 2006 - Art - 285 pages
A survey of critical attention devoted to Arthurian matters.

This book offers the first comprehensive and analytical account of the development of Arthurian scholarship from the eighteenth century, or earlier, to the present day. The chapters, each written by an expert in the area under discussion, present scholarly trends and evaluate major contributions to the study of the numerous different strands which make up the Arthurian material: origins, Grail studies, editing and translation of Arthurian texts, medieval and modern literatures (in English and European languages), art and film. The result is an indispensable resource for students and a valuable guide for anyone with a serious interest in the Arthurian legend.

Contributors: NORRIS LACY, TONY HUNT, KEITH BUSBY, JANE TAYLOR, CHRISTOPHER SNYDER, RICHARD BARBER, SIAN ECHARD, GERALD MORGAN, ALBRECHT CLASSEN, ROGER DALRYMPLE, BART BESAMUSCA, MARIANNE E. KALINKE, BARBARA MILLER, CHRISTOPHER KLEINHENZ, MURIEL WHITAKER, JEANNE FOX-FRIEDMAN, DANIEL NASTALI, KEVIN J. HARTY

NORRIS J. LACY is Edwin Erle Sparks Professor of French and Medieval Studies at Pennsylvania State University.

 

Contents

ORIGINS AND APPROACHES
1
The Case of the Grail
19
Editing Arthuriana
37
Translation of Medieval Arthurian Literature
49
MEDIEVAL LITERATURE
56
Latin Arthurian Literature
62
SIÂN ECHARD
77
French Arthurian Literature
95
English Arthurian Literature
140
Dutch Arthurian Literature
158
Scandinavian Arthurian Literature
169
Hispanic Arthurian Literature
179
Italian Arthurian Literature
190
Early Arthurian Art
198
Scholars and Critics
273
Copyright

German Arthurian Literature
122

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Page 263 - Notwithstanding it treateth of the birth, life, and acts of the said King Arthur, of his noble knights of the Round Table, their marvellous enquests and adventures, the achieving of the Sangreal, and in the end the dolorous death and departing out of this world of them all.

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Professor Norris J. Lacy is Edwin Erle Sparks Professor of French and Medieval Studies at Pennsylvania State University, USA.

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