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    • Publisher:
      Cambridge University Press
      Publication date:
      10 November 2010
      10 September 1998
      ISBN:
      9780511518713
      9780521621267
      9780521021524
      DOI:
      https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511518713
      Dimensions:
      (228 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.505kg, 272 Pages
      Dimensions:
      (228 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.406kg, 272 Pages
      • Subjects:
      Literature, Area Studies, European Literature, Anglo Saxon and Medieval Literature, European Studies
      Series:
      Cambridge Studies in Medieval Literature (36)
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    Subjects:
    Literature, Area Studies, European Literature, Anglo Saxon and Medieval Literature, European Studies
    Series:
    Cambridge Studies in Medieval Literature (36)
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    Arthurian literature is a popular field, but most of the published work focuses on the vernacular tradition. This book, uniquely, looks at Latin Arthurian works. Geoffrey of Monmouth is treated at length and this is the first book to put him in a context which includes other Latin histories, monastic chronicles, saints' lives and other Latin prose Arthurian narratives. Like Geoffrey's works, most can be associated with the Angevin court of Henry II and by placing these works against the court background, this book both introduces a new set of texts into the Arthurian canon and suggests a way to understand their place in that tradition. The unfamiliar works are summarized for the reader, and there are extensive quotations, with translations, throughout. The result is a thorough exploration of Latin Arthurian narrative in the foundational period for the Arthurian tradition.

    Reviews

    ‘Professor Echard gives exemplary treatment to a fascinating subject … Her argument is succinct and intelligent, her scholarship up to date, and her footnotes a mine of information.’

    Source: Review of English Studies

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