A Companion to Chrétien de Troyes

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Author: Norris J. Lacy

ISBN-10: 1843840502

ISBN-13: 9781843840503

Category: Ancient & Medieval Literature

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One of the most important medieval authors studied in historical and literary context.

The Contributors     viiIntroduction   Norris J. Lacy   Joan Tasker Grimbert     xiBackgroundChretien in History   John W. Baldwin     3Chretien's Patrons   June Hall McCash     15Chretien's Literary Background   Laurence Harf-Lancner     26The Arthurian Legend Before Chretien   Norris J. Lacy     43Narrative Poetics: Rhetoric, Orality and Performance   Douglas Kelly     52The Manuscripts of Chretien's Romances   Keith Busby     64Editing Chretien   Peter F. Dembowski     76TextsPhilomena: Brutal Transitions and Courtly Transformations in Chretien's Old French Translation   Roberta L. Krueger     87Erec et Enide: The First Arthurian Romance   Donald Maddox   Sara Sturm-Maddox     103Cliges and the Chansons: A Slave to Love   Joan Tasker Grimbert     120Le Chevalier de la Charrette: That Obscure Object of Desire, Lancelot   Matilda Tomaryn Bruckner     137Le Chevalier au Lion: Yvain Lionheart   Tony Hunt     156Le Conte du Graal: Chretien's Unfinished Last Romance   Rupert T. Pickens     169Medieval Reception andInfluenceThe Continuations of the Conte du Graal   Annie Combes     191Medieval Translations and Adaptations of Chretien's Works   Michelle Szkilnik     202Chretien's Medieval Influence: From the Grail Quest to the Joy of the Court   Emmanuele Baumgartner     214Select Bibliography     229Index     235