The Evolution of Arthurian Romance: The Verse Tradition from Chrétien to Froissart

ISBN: 9780521025652 出版年：1998 页码：374 Beate Schmolke-Hasselmann Margaret Middleton Roger Middleton Cambridge University Press

Acknowledgements Introduction Part I. The Response to Chretien: Tradition and Innovation in Arthurian Romance: 1. The stigma of decadence 2. Consolidation of the form 3. Changes in the relationship between ideals and reality 4. Knight or lover: Gawain as a paragon divided 5. Old matiere, new sens: innovation in thought and content 6. Aspects of the response to Chretien: from plagiarism to nostalgia Part II. An Historical Survey of the Impact of the Arthurian Verse Romances: 7. The popularity of Arthurian verse romances 8. The audience 9. Arthurian literature in French and its significance for England Bibliography Index.