The Arthur of the North : the Arthurian legend in the Norse and Rus' realms
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The Arthur of the North : the Arthurian legend in the Norse and Rus' realms
（Arthurian literature in the Middle Ages, 5）
University of Wales Press, 2011
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Published in cooperation with the Vinaver Trust
Includes bibliographical references and indexes
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Description
This book deals with the introduction of romance to Scandinavia in the thirteenth century and the cultural and literary context of the translations of Latin and French Arthurian literature, including the Tristan legend (with a chapter on the Byelorussian Tristan). It surveys the sources, redactions, and manuscript transmission of the translated texts and analyzes the peculiar nature of the Scandinavian Arthurian matter, including its transmission in prose, and the special place that the Swedish poem Harra Ivan has in the corpus. The volume also considers the late medieval and early modern ballads, rimur (narrative Icelandic poems), and chapbooks that were inspired by the medieval translations of the Tristan legend.
Table of Contents
1. The Introduction of the Arthurian Legend in Scandinavia Marianne E. Kalinke 2. Sources, Translations, Redactions, Manuscript Transmission Marianne E. Kalinke 3. Breta sogur and Merlinusspa Stefanie Wurth, University of Tubingen 4. The Tristan Legend Geraldine Barnes, University of Sydney 5. The Arthurian Lais Carolyne Larrington, St. John's College, Oxford 6. The Transmission of Chretien de Troyes's Romances Claudia Bornholdt, The Catholic University of America 7. Harra Ivan William Layher, Washington University, St. Louis 8. Arthurian Echoes in the Icelandic Sagas Marianne E. Kalinke 9. Arthurian Ballads, rimur, Chapbooks, and Folktales Matthew Driscoll, University of Copenhagen
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