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Arthurian Literature XXIV
The European Dimensions of Arthurian Literature
Edited by Bart Besamusca
Edited by Frank Brandsma
Edited by Keith Busby


The European dimensions of Arthurian literature form the focus of this special issue of Arthurian Literature, derived from sessions held at the International Conference in Utrecht (2005). It brings out in particular the supranational coherence of the Arthurian genre, and the ways in which its motifs appear throughout European literature. Questions discussed here include the function of Perceval in a variety of Arthurian romances, the character of Gauvain in the French, Dutch and English traditions, the narrator in different versions of the Prose Lancelot, and the concept of 'youth' in Scandinavian and Old French romances.

BART BESAMUSCA and FRANK BRANDSMA lecture at Utrecht University.
Contributors: BART BESAMUSCA, FRANK BRANDSMA, CORA DIETL, SARAH GORDON, LINDA GOWANS, MARJOLEIN HOGENBIRK, SUSANNE KRAMARZ-BEIN, NORRIS J. LACY, MARTINE MEUWESE, STEFANO MULA, JOSEPH M. SULLIVAN, LORI J. WALTERS.

 

DETAILS

27 b/w illustrations
216 pages
Size: 23.4 x 15.6 cm
10 digit ISBN: 1843841169
13 digit ISBN: 9781843841166
Binding: Hardback
First published: 19/Jul/2007
Price: 80.00 USD / 40.00 GBP
Imprint: D. S. Brewer
Series: Arthurian Literature
Subject: Medieval Literature

BIC class: CSBB

STATUS: Available
Details updated on 02/09/2008

Contents
   Introduction: The Pan-European Approach
Bart Besamusca
1   Perceval on the Margins: A Pan-European Perspective
Norris J Lacy
2   More Bread from Stone: Gauvain as a Figure of Plenitude in the French, Dutch and English Traditions
Lori J. Walters
3   Artus - ein Fremdkörper in der Tristantrandition?
Cora Dietl
4   Dinadan Abroad: Tradition and Innovation for a Counter-Hero
Stefano Mula
5   Gringalet as an Epic Character
Marjolein Hogenbirk
6   Consumption and the Construction of Identity in Medieval European Arthurian Romance
Sarah Gordon
7   Lamenting or just Grumbling? Arthur's Nephew Expresses his Discontent
Linda Gowans
8   Youth and Older Age in the Dire Adventure of Chrétien's Yvain the Old Swedish Haerra Ivan, Hartmann's Iwein and the Middle English Ywain and Gawain
Joseph M. Sullivan
9   Degrees of Perceptibility: the Narrator in the French Prose Lancelot, and in its German and Dutch Translations
Frank Brandsma
10   Die altnorwegische Pacevals saga im Spannungsfeld ihrer Quelle und der mittelhochdeutschen und mittelenglischen Parzival-Uberlieferung
Susanne Kramaz-Bein
11   Crossing Borders: Text and Image in Arthurian Manuscripts
Martine Meuwese

 

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