The Arthurian Romances of Chrétien de Troyes: Once and Future Fictions

by Donald Maddox

Book Overview

Chr tien de Troyes was one of the most important medieval writers of Arthurian narrative. A key figure in reshaping the 'once and future fictions' of Arthurian story, he was instrumental in the late twelfth-century shift from written and oral legendary traditions to a highly sophisticated literary cultivation of the Old French verse romance. While examining individually each of Chretien's five Arthurian romances, Donald Maddox looks at their coherence...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521070570
• ISBN13: 9780521070577
• Release Date: July 2008
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 196 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"