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This anthology shows the diversity of the Arthurian legends and their many sources by presenting contrasting versions of the stories of Arthur, Gawain, Tristan and other medieval Arthurian heroes - and heroines.

Arthurian romances. --- Arthurian romances --- Literature - General --- Languages & Literatures --- Romances --- Arthur,

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The texts analyzed underline the wide dissemination of the Arthurian story in medieval and post-medieval Europe, from Scotland to Italy, while the various analyses of the manifestations of comedy refute the notion of romance as a humourless genre. Indeed, the comic treatment of conventional themes and motifs appears to be not only characteristic of later romance but an essential element of the genre from its beginnings and from its earliest development. Authors of Arthurian romance, from Chrétien de Troyes to Malory, writing in French, Italian, Middle Dutch, and Middle English, and the creators of an Irish prose-tale, all question the fundamental assumptions of romance and romance values through the medium of comedy. The theme of comedy in Arthurian romance has been developed from the orignal session at the Arthurian Congress in Toulouse. Contributors: ELIZABETH ARCHIBALD, FRANK BRANDSMA, CHRISTINE FERLAMPIN-ACHER, LINDA GOWANS, DONALD L. HOFFMAN, MARGOLEIN HOGENBIRK, NORRIS J. LACY, MARILYN LAWRENCE, BENEDICTE MILLAND-BOVE, PETER S. NOBLE, KAREN PRATT, ANGELICA RIEGER, ELIZABETH S. SKLAR, FRANCESCO ZAMBON.

Arthurian romances. --- Arthur, --- Arthurian romances --- Comedy --- History and criticism. --- Arthurian Romance. --- Comedy. --- Dutch. --- English. --- French. --- Italian. --- Scottish.

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German poetry --- Middle High German, 1050-1500 --- Translations into English --- Romances [German ] --- Translations into English --- Arthurian romances

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Miraculous phenomena as an integral feature of Arthurian literature have always been a central focus of research, notably in approaches centering on the history of motifs and sources, and those with a structural bent. But with the new concern for issues posed by the history of mentality, problems of acculturation and functionalization have moved to centre stage. Francis Dubost's theories on the fantastic play a cardinal role in this development. These proceedings of an interdisciplinary research colloquium of the German section of the International Arthurian Society discuss the state of resear

Fantastic, The, in literature --- Arthurian romances --- Magic in literature --- History and criticism --- Fantastic, The (Aesthetics), in literature --- LEGENDE ARTHURIENNE --- MERVEILLEUX --- DANS LA LITTERATURE

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The early thirteenth-century French prose Lancelot-Grail Cycle (or Vulgate Cycle) brings together the stories of Arthur with those of the Grail, a conjunction of materials that continues to fascinate the Western imagination today. Representing what is probably the earliest large-scale use of prose for fiction in the West, it also exemplifies the taste for big cyclic compositions that shaped much of European narrative fiction for three centuries. A Companion to the Lancelot-Grail Cycle is the first comprehensive volume devoted exclusively to the Lancelot-Grail Cycle and its medieval legacy. The twenty essays in this volume, all by internationally known scholars, locate the work in its social, historical, literary, and manuscript contexts. In addition to addressing critical issues in the five texts that make up the Cycle, the contributors convey to modern readers the appeal that the text must have had for its medieval audiences, and the richness of composition that made it compelling. This volume will become standard reading for scholars, students, and more general readers interested in the Lancelot-Grail Cycle, medieval romance, Malory studies, and the Arthurian legends.

Fiction --- Comparative literature --- Old French literature --- Arthur [Cycle d' ] --- Arthurian romances --- Arthurromans --- Cycle arthurien --- Cycle d'Arthur --- Cycle de la Table ronde --- Romans arthuriens --- Romans bretons --- Romans de la Table ronde --- Table ronde [Romans de la ] --- Lancelot (Legendary character) --- Grail --- Romances --- History and criticism --- Legends --- Lancelot (Prose cycle) --- Arthurian romances. --- History and criticism. --- Lancelot (Prose cycle).