Malory and his European Contemporaries: Adapting Late Medieval Arthurian Romance Collections
Miriam Edlich-Muth
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A reconsideration of Arthurian compilations in the late middle ages, looking at the complex ways in which they reshape their material for new audiences. The late-medieval adaptions and compilations of the Arthurian story are a European phenomenon that has sparked both mystification and controversy. Often dismissed as nostalgic recreations that attempt to halt the literary tide, these ambitious projects saw adaptors from across Western Europe combining a vast array of prose and verse sources from different languages into encyclopedic narrative chronologies of King Arthur and his court. Ranging from ornate verse adaptations to heavily condensed prose works, the resulting ... Read more
A reconsideration of Arthurian compilations in the late middle ages, looking at the complex ways in which they reshape their material for new audiences. The late-medieval adaptions and compilations of the Arthurian story are a European phenomenon that has sparked both mystification and controversy. Often dismissed as nostalgic recreations that attempt to halt the literary tide, these ambitious projects saw adaptors from across Western Europe combining a vast array of prose and verse sources from different languages into encyclopedic narrative chronologies of King Arthur and his court. Ranging from ornate verse adaptations to heavily condensed prose works, the resulting ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Condition
New
Number of Pages
199
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781843843672
SKU
V9781843843672
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Reviews for Malory and his European Contemporaries: Adapting Late Medieval Arthurian Romance Collections
A welcome addition to Arthurian studies.
FOLKLORE
Offers a valuable new perspective from which to understand Malory's work and also addresses texts not well known in English in their own right. . . . [W]ill be useful reading for all Arthurians, and especially for Malory scholars.
SPECULUM
[An] insightful book.
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FOLKLORE
Offers a valuable new perspective from which to understand Malory's work and also addresses texts not well known in English in their own right. . . . [W]ill be useful reading for all Arthurians, and especially for Malory scholars.
SPECULUM
[An] insightful book.
TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT
Edlich-Muth ... Read more