Roger Sherman Loomis

The Development of Arthurian Romance

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Stimulating and masterly study examines the evolution of the great mass of fiction surrounding the Arthurian legend in Western literature — from Geoffrey of Monmouth's History of the Kings of Britain and the collection of Welsh tales known as The Mabinogion, to Chrétien de Troyes' Arthurian stories, the Parzival of Wolfram von Eschenbach, and such English masterpieces as Sir Gawain and the Green Knight and Le Morte d'Arthur. Painstakingly researched and brimming with scholarly insight, this highly readable and entertaining work will be a favorite with general audiences as well as scholars and students of the Arthurian legend.
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263 printed pages
Publication year
2012
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  • Danielhas quoted4 years ago
    the natural motivation and the concern with practical problems of conduct show that the unknown author lived in a very different world from that inhabited by the author of Kulhwch
  • Danielhas quoted4 years ago
    the geography of the Lady of the Fountain and Peredur evinces none of that precise knowledge of Wales and its borders as do the two tales previously discussed
  • Danielhas quoted4 years ago
    We have already met Twrch Trwyth as the boar Troit in Nennius’s list of mirabilia; and Arthur’s hunting of the beast from its lair in Ireland
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