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Beschaving [Middeleeuwse ] in de literatuur --- Chevaliers et chevalerie dans la littérature --- Civilisation médiévale dans la littérature --- Civilization [Medieval ] in literature --- Kings and rulers in literature --- Knights and knighthood in literature --- Koningen en heersers in de literatuur --- Medieval civilization in literature --- Middeleeuwse beschaving in de literatuur --- Ridders en ridderschap in de literatuur --- Rois et souverains dans la littérature --- Arthurian romances --- History and criticism --- Welsh literature --- To 1550 --- Arthurian legend --- Arthurian literature

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Pearl, Cleanness, Patience and Sir Gawain and the Green Knightare accomplished examples of four different literary genres and represent some of the finest poetry in Middle English. They are, by turns, fast and funny, powerfully dramatic, gentle and ironic, telling of painful bereavement and the terror of victims of disaster and violence, as well as the comic bewilderment of people entangled in alarmingly mysterious situations. The anonymous poet's evident delight in the pleasures and artistry of courtly life has led some readers to suggest that he was a gifted but complacent frequenter of courts, his attention dedicated to the wealthy and his sympathies to the powerful, and moreover, that his poems pay the merest lipservice to religious observance. God and the Gawain-poet argues that, on the contrary, the poet's wide-ranging engagement with all human life explicitly acknowledges all material creation as God's gift, revelling in its physicality, in bodily senses and movement and the ways a community celebrates itself. Dr Hatt shows how, in exhorting readers to recognize and respond to the narrative of divine gift, he appears as an energetic Christian poet and a humane and compassionate observer. Cecilia Hatt gained her D.Phil from Oxford University.

Christian poetry, English (Middle) --- Arthurian romances --- Christianity and literature. --- Manuscripts, English (Middle) --- Poésie chrétienne anglaise (moyen anglais) --- Cycle d'Arthur --- Christianisme et littérature --- Manuscrits anglais (moyen anglais) --- History and criticism. --- Histoire et critique --- Literature and Christianity --- Literature --- Christian literature --- English manuscripts (Middle) --- Manuscripts, Middle English --- Middle English manuscripts --- Arthurian Literature. --- Cleanness. --- Gawain-Poet. --- Genre. --- Literary Analysis. --- Literary Genres. --- Literary Scholarship. --- Medieval Literature. --- Middle English. --- Patience. --- Pearl. --- Sir Gawain. --- Theological Themes. --- Theology.

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The theme of the quest in Arthurian literature - mainly but not exclusively the Grail quest - is explored in the essays presented here, covering French, Dutch, Norse, German, and English texts. A number of the essays trace the relationship, often negative, between Arthurian chivalry and the Grail ethos. Whereas most of the contributors reflect on the popularity of the Grail quest, several examine the comparative rarity of the Grail in certain literatures and define the elaboration of quest motifs severed from the Grail material. An appendix to the volume offers a filmography that includes all the cinematic treatments of the Grail, either as central theme or minor motif. This book will appeal to students, scholars, and general readers fascinated by the Arthurian and Grail legends. CONTRIBUTORS: NORRIS J. LACY, ANTONIO FURTADO, WILL HASTY, RICHARD TRACHSLER, MARIANNE E. KALINKE, MARTINE MEUWESE, DAVID F. JOHNSON, PHILLIP BOARDMAN, CAROLINE D. ECKHARDT, P.J.C. FIELD, JAMES P. CARLEY, RICHARD BARBER, KEVIN J. HARTY.

Comparative literature --- Arthur [King] --- Quests (Expeditions) in literature. --- Grail in motion pictures. --- Quête (Littérature) --- Graal au cinéma --- Quête (Littérature) --- Graal au cinéma --- Arthurian romances --- Chivalry in literature --- Grail in motion pictures --- Grail --- Quests (Expeditions) in literature --- Quests in literature --- Graal --- Gral --- Gréal --- Holy Grail --- Sangraal --- Sangreal --- Chalices --- Folklore --- Motion pictures --- History and criticism --- Legends&delete& --- Chivalry in literature. --- Legends --- History and criticism. --- Cycle d'Arthur --- Chevalerie dans la littérature --- Légendes --- Histoire et critique --- King Arthur [Fictitious character] --- Arthur (Cycle). (Collection) --- Arthurromans. (Reeks) --- Arthurian Literature. --- Chivalry. --- Filmography. --- Grail Ethos. --- Grail Quest. --- Quest Motifs.

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The essays collected here put considerable emphasis on Arthurian narratives in material culture and historical context, as well as on purely literary analysis, a reminder of the enormous range of interests in Arthurian narratives in the Middle Ages, in a number of different contexts. The volume opens with a study of torture in texts from Chrétien to Malory, and on English law and attitudes inparticular. Several contributors discuss the undeservedly neglected Stanzaic Morte Arthur, a key source for Malory. His Morte Darthur is the focus of several essays, respectively on thesources of the "Tale of Sir Gareth"; battle scenes and the importance of chivalric kingship; Cicero's De amicitia and the mixed blessings and dangers of fellowship; and comparison of concluding formulae in the Winchester Manuscript and Caxton's edition. Seven tantalizing fragments of needlework, all depicting Tristan, are discussed in terms of the heraldic devices they include. The volume ends with an update on newly discovered manuscripts of Geoffrey of Monmouth's seminal Historia regum Britanniae, the twelfth-century best-seller which launched Arthur's literary career. Elizabeth Archibald is Professor of English Studies at Durham University, and Principal of St Cuthbert's Society; David F. Johnson is Professor of English at Florida State University, Tallahassee. Contibutors: David Eugene Clark, Marco Nievergelt, Ralph Norris, Sarah Randles, Lisa Robeson, Richard Sévère, Jaakko Tahkokallio, Larissa Tracy

Arthurian romances --- History and criticism. --- Arthur, --- In literature. --- Arturus, --- Artur, --- Arturo, --- Artus, --- Artù, --- Artús, --- Артур, --- Arzhur, --- Artuš, --- Αρθούρος, --- Arthouros, --- Arthur Pendragon --- Pendragon, Arthur --- Adha, --- 아서, --- 아서 왕 --- Asŏ, --- Asŏ Wang --- ארתור, --- Arthur Gernow --- Arthurus, --- Arturius, --- Arturs, --- Artūras, --- Artúr, --- アーサー, --- アーサー王 --- Āsā-ō --- Āsā, --- Èrthu, --- Arthwys, --- Arthurian Literature. --- Arthurian matters. --- Caxton's edition. --- Chrétien. --- Cicero. --- David Eugene Clark. --- David F. Johnson. --- De amicitia. --- Elizabeth Archibald. --- English law. --- Geoffrey of Monmouth. --- Historia regum Britanniae. --- Jaakko Tahkokallio. --- Larissa Tracy. --- Lisa Robeson. --- Malory. --- Marco Nievergelt. --- Middle Ages. --- Morte Darthur. --- Ralph Norris. --- Richard Sévère. --- Sarah Randles. --- Sir Gareth. --- Stanzaic Morte Arthur. --- Tristan. --- Winchester Manuscript. --- battle scenes. --- chivalric kingship. --- concluding formulae. --- contributors. --- fellowship. --- genres. --- heraldic devices. --- historical context. --- key source. --- literary analysis. --- literary career. --- material culture. --- needlework. --- periods. --- research. --- theoretical issues. --- twelfth-century.