The Romance of Arthur
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The Romance of Arthur, James J. Wilhelm’s classic anthology of Arthurian literature, is an essential text for students of the medieval Romance tradition. This fully updated third edition presents a comprehensive reader, mapping the course of Arthurian literature, and is expanded to cover: key authors such as Chrétien de Troyes and Thomas of Britain, as well as Arthurian texts by women and more obscure sources for Arthurian romance extensive coverage of key themes and characters in the tradition a wide geographical range of texts including translations from Latin, French, German, Spanish, Welsh, Middle English, and Italian sources a broad chronological range of texts, encompassing nearly a thousand years of Arthurian romance.
Norris J. Lacy builds on the book’s source material, presenting readers with a clear introduction to many accessible modern-spelling versions of Arthurian texts. The extracts are presented in a new reader-friendly format with detailed suggestions for further reading and illustrations of key places, figures, and scenes. The Romance of Arthur provides an excellent introduction and an extensive resource for both students and scholars of Arthurian literature.
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- Taylor & Francis
- 9781317341833
- 9780415782890
- ePub
- 3
- Norris J. Lacy
- English
- 2015-07-17
- 100
- 2
- 2
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- Cover Page
- Half Title Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- List of illustrations
- Preface to the second edition—James J. Wilhelm
- Preface to the third edition—Norris J. Lacy
- Acknowledgements
- 1 Arthur in the Latin Chronicles—James J. Wilhelm
- 2 Arthur in the Early Welsh Tradition—John K. Bollard
- 3 Culhwch and Olwen—Richard M. Loomis
- 4 Arthur in Geoffrey of Monmouth—Richard M. Loomis
- 5 Wace, Roman de Brut—James J. Wilhelm
- 6 Layamon, Brut—James J. Wilhelm
- 7 Chrétien de Troyes, Lancelot, or The Knight of the Cart—William W. Kibler
- 8 Chrétien de Troyes, Perceval, or The Story of the Grail Grail excerpts—Norris J. Lacy
- 9 Wolfram von Eschenbach, Parzival Excerpt from Book IX, translated by Cyril Edwards—Introduction by Norris J. Lacy
- 10 The Quest for the Holy Grail “The Grail Liturgy,” translated by E. Jane Burns—Introduction by Norris J. Lacy
- 11 Selected Lyrics—James J. Wilhelm
- 12 The Saga of the Mantle—Marianne E. Kalinke
- 13 Béroul, The Romance of Tristran—Norris J. Lacy
- 14 Thomas of Britain, Romance of Tristran Tristran “Marriage Soliloquy” and “The Ending,” translated by Joan Tasker Grimbert the “Hall of Statues” episode from the Norse Tristrams saga ok Ísöndar, translated by Peter Jorgensen
- 15 Marie de France, Chevrefueil (“The Honeysuckle”) and Lanval—Norris J. Lacy
- 16 Cantare on the Death of Tristan—James J. Wilhelm
- 17 The Prose Merlin and the Suite du Merlin Episodes—Samuel N. Rosenberg
- 18 The Rise of Gawain, Nephew of Arthur—Mildred Leake Day
- 19 Sir Gawain and the Green Knight—James J. Wilhelm
- 20 The Wedding of Sir Gawain and Dame Ragnelle—Alan Lupack
- 21 The Alliterative Morte Arthure Excerpts—Valerie Krishna
- 22 Sir Thomas Malory, Le Morte Darthur “The Sword in the Stone” and “Arthur's dream, his battle with Mordred, and his death”—Dorsey Armstrong
- For further reading
- Index