| The Evolution of Arthurian Romance: The Verse Tradition from Chretien to Froissart Revised Edition Contributor(s): Schmolke-Hasselmann, Beate (Author), Beate, Schmolke-Hasselmann (Author), Minnis, Alastair (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0521025656 ISBN-13: 9780521025652 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $37.99 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 2006 Annotation: Beate Schmolke-Hasselmann's study of Arthurian verse romance was first published in German in 1985, but her radical argument that we need urgently to redraw the lines on the literary and linguistic map of medieval Britain and France is only now being made available in English. Updated with a new foreword and a supplementary bibliography, this study serves as a contribution to both reception history, examining the medieval response to Chretien's poetry, and genre history, suveying the evolution of Arthurian verse romance in French over two centuries. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Medieval - Literary Criticism | European - General - Literary Criticism | Poetry |
| Dewey: 841.1 |
| Series: Cambridge Studies in Medieval Literature |
| Physical Information: 0.84" H x 6" W x 9" (1.21 lbs) 376 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - British Isles - Cultural Region - French - Chronological Period - Medieval (500-1453) |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Beate Schmolke-Hasselmann's study of Arthurian verse romance was first published in German in 1985, but her radical argument that we need urgently to redraw the lines on the literary and linguistic map of medieval Britain and France is only now being made available in English. Updated with a new foreword and a supplementary bibliography, this study serves as a contribution to both reception history, examining the medieval response to Chr tien's poetry, and genre history, suveying the evolution of Arthurian verse romance in French over two centuries. |