Sir Gawain and the Green Knight and French Arthurian romance /
This is an innovative and original exploration of the connections between Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, one of the most well-known works of medieval English literature, and the tradition of French Arthurian romance, best-known through the works of Chretien de Troyes two centuries earlier.
| Основен автор: | Putter, Ad. |
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| Формат: | Книга |
| Език: | English |
| Публикувано: |
Oxford : Oxford ; New York :
Clarendon Press ; Oxford University Press,
1995.
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| Подобни документи: |
Online version::
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight and French Arthurian romance. |
| Резюме: |
This is an innovative and original exploration of the connections between Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, one of the most well-known works of medieval English literature, and the tradition of French Arthurian romance, best-known through the works of Chretien de Troyes two centuries earlier. The book compares Gawain with a wide range of French Arthurian romances, exploring their recurrent structural patterns and motifs, their ethical orientation and the social context in which they were produced. It presents a wealth of new sources and analogues, which reveal and illuminate the Gawain-poet's sophisticated literary and moral understanding of the conventions of Arthurian romance. Throughout, Ad Putter pays close attention to the ways in which the modes of representation in romance are related to social and historical contexts. Focusing on the importance of conscience, courtliness, and self-restraint in Arthurian romance, this book explores the ways in which literati such as Chretien de Troyes and the Gawain-poet adapted chivalric ideals to the changing times. |
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| Физически характеристики: |
x, 279 p. ; 23 cm. |
| Библиография: |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [251]-273) and index. |
| ISBN: |
0198182538 9780198182535 |