244 Pages
by
Routledge
244 Pages
by
Routledge
244 Pages
by
Routledge
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First Published in 2005. Distinctly interdisciplinary, Kingship, Conquest, and Patria brings together French and Welsh studies with literary and historical analysis, genre study with questions of medieval colonialisms and national writing. It treats eight centuries' worth of insular and continental literature, placing the 12th- and 13th-century development of Arthurian romance in a history of... Read more
Introduction; Part I Arthurian Tradition before Chrétien de Troyes; Chapter One Pre-Galfridian Latin and Vernacular Arthurian Narrative; Chapter Two Geoffrey of Monmouth and the Politicization of King Arthur; Part II Conquest and National Cultural Production; Chapter Three Politics and Patronage in Northern France; Chapter Four Politics and Patronage in Wales; Part III The New King Arthur of French and Welsh Romance; Chapter Five Progressive Royal Decline in Arthurian Romance; Chapter Six Transcultural Change: Minor and Becoming-Minor Literature; Conclusion;
Biography
Kristen Lee Over
