The Changing face of Arthurian romance : essays on Arthurian prose romances in memory of Cedric E. Pickford : a tribute by the members of the British Branch of the International Arthurian Society
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The Changing face of Arthurian romance : essays on Arthurian prose romances in memory of Cedric E. Pickford : a tribute by the members of the British Branch of the International Arthurian Society
(Arthurian studies, 16)
D.S. Brewer, 1986
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Includes indexes
Contents of Works
- The published works of Cedric E. Pickford
- The re-writing and re-reading of a text : the evolution of the prose Lancelot / Elspeth Kennedy
- Tristan forsené : the episode of the hero's madness in the prose Tristan / Reneé L. Curtis
- An interpretation of the meaning and purpose of the vulgate Queste del Saint Graal in the light of the mystical theology of the Roman de Perceforest / Jane H.M. Taylor
- The German Arthurian prose romances in their literary context / David Blamires
- Perceval in Wales : late mediaeval Welsh Grail traditions / Ceridwen Lloyd-Morgan
- The manuscripts and early audience of the Middle English prose Merlin / Carol M. Meale
- Malory's "proving" of Sir Lancelot / Derek Brewer
- Malory's Tale of Sir Gareth and French Arthurian tradition / Faith Lyons
- The middle english Prose Merlin / Karen Stern
- Chrétien's Erec in the eighteenth century / Roger Middleton
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These essays on Arthurian prose romances, published as a tribute to Cedric E. Pickford, reflect their development and the reshaping of the romances in response to changing taste and fashion from the death of Chretien de Troyes tothe end of the medieval period in England. Topics include the question of religious influences; the transition of Arthurian material to foreign contexts; and the fortunes of the prose romance in England, focusing on the Prose Merlinand Malory. The contributors are: ELSPETH KENNEDY, RENEE L. CURTIS, FANNI BOGDANOW, JANE H.M. TAYLOR, DAVID BLAMIRES, CERIDWEN LLOYD-MORGAN, CAROL M. MEALE, KAREN STERN, DEREK BREWER, FAITH LYONS, ROGER MIDDLETON
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