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 Chrétien's poetry, and genre history, suveying the evolution of Arthurian verse romance in French over two centuries.
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"In English the book reads with remarkable freshness. Scholarship on the verse romances has continued in recent years, but has concentrated on the production of (very welcome) new editions and articles on fashionable aspects of individual texts; Schmolke-Hasselmann's breadth of approach remains unparalleled. Like all the best criticism, Schmolke-Hasselmann's book raises as many stimulating questions as it answers." Rosemary Morris, Albion
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Brogsitter gives the following introduction to German post-classical Arthurian literature under the heading 'Die Epigonenepen' ('The decadent epics'): From the very beginning of the thirteenth century the great works of the Master were followed by a number of other Arthurian romances which, despite some fine individual details, reveal all too clearly that they are not independent creations or worthy successors in the great tradition of Arthurian epic, but merely imitations, and limited for the most part to the imitation of narrative elements. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
deus espees, cote mautaillie, epigonal romances, standardized hero, mule sans frein, cort mantel, sparrowhawk contest, verse romances, double composition, roman arthurien, romans arthuriens, prose romances, del graal, verse tradition, bipartite structure, later romances, perfect knight, white stag, best knight, manuscript transmission Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Bel Inconnu, John de Balliol, Raoul de Houdenc, Gaston Paris, Magna Carta, Conte du Graal, Alan of Galloway, Dame del Gaut Destroit, Fergus Mor, First Continuation, Les Merveilles de Rigomer, Medieval French Literature, French Arthurian, Joie de la Cort, Wace's Brut, Early Middle Ages, King John, Middle English, Huon de Mery, New York, William of Malmesbury, Fergus of Galloway, Geoffrey of Brittany, Marie de France, Robert de Blois New!
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Brogsitter gives the following introduction to German post-classical Arthurian literature under the heading 'Die Epigonenepen' ('The decadent epics'): From the very beginning of the thirteenth century the great works of the Master were followed by a number of other Arthurian romances which, despite some fine individual details, reveal all too clearly that they are not independent creations or worthy successors in the great tradition of Arthurian epic, but merely imitations, and limited for the most part to the imitation of narrative elements. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
deus espees, cote mautaillie, epigonal romances, standardized hero, mule sans frein, cort mantel, sparrowhawk contest, verse romances, double composition, roman arthurien, romans arthuriens, prose romances, del graal, verse tradition, bipartite structure, later romances, perfect knight, white stag, best knight, manuscript transmission Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Bel Inconnu, John de Balliol, Raoul de Houdenc, Gaston Paris, Magna Carta, Conte du Graal, Alan of Galloway, Dame del Gaut Destroit, Fergus Mor, First Continuation, Les Merveilles de Rigomer, Medieval French Literature, French Arthurian, Joie de la Cort, Wace's Brut, Early Middle Ages, King John, Middle English, Huon de Mery, New York, William of Malmesbury, Fergus of Galloway, Geoffrey of Brittany, Marie de France, Robert de Blois New!
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- Arthurian Romances (Penguin Classics) by Chrétien de Troyes on 7 pages
- Erec and Enide (Chretien De Troyes Romances) by Chretien de Troyes on 6 pages
- English Society in the Early Middle Ages: 1066-1307; Volume 3 (Hist of England, Penguin) by Doris Mary Stenton on 6 pages
- Medieval French Romance (Twayne's World Authors Series) by Douglas Kelly on 4 pages
- Gauvain in old French literature (Degre second) by Keith Busby on 4 pages
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