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Four Arthurian Romances: Foundational Tales of Arthurian Legend, Chivalry, and Courtly Love

Four Arthurian Romances: Foundational Tales of Arthurian Legend, Chivalry, and Courtly Love - Hardcover

by Chretien Detroys
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Availability:In StockContributor:Chretien DetroysTheme:Chronological Period/Medieval (500-1453) Studies, Cultural Region/BritishPublish date:4/3/2018Pages:336
Languages:EnglishPublisher:SMK BooksISBN-13:9781515428794ISBN-10:1515428796UPC:9781515428794Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:Historical, RomanceBook Topic:HistoricalSize:9.00 x 6.00 x 0.88 inchesWeight:0.663Product ID:SCJSJ2P96R

Four Arthurian Romances brings together foundational medieval tales of chivalry, love, honour, adventure, and the Arthurian world. Chrétien de Troyes stands among the most important writers of medieval romance, helping shape the literary traditions of King Arthur, Queen Guinevere, Lancelot, Yvain, courtly love, knightly testing, and the moral trials of chivalric identity. These stories helped establish many of the narrative patterns that would echo through later Arthurian literature, fantasy, romance, and European storytelling.

Written in the twelfth century, Chrétien's romances combine adventure, marvels, psychological conflict, courtly ideals, and spiritual tension with a narrative sophistication that remains striking. This collection offers essential reading for students and readers of Arthurian legend, medieval literature, chivalric romance, classic fantasy sources, courtly love, French literature, and the early development of European fiction. It is a key text for understanding how the Matter of Britain became one of the central imaginative traditions of the Western literary canon.

Languages:EnglishPublisher:SMK BooksISBN-13:9781515428794ISBN-10:1515428796UPC:9781515428794Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:Historical, RomanceBook Topic:HistoricalSize:9.00 x 6.00 x 0.88 inchesWeight:0.663Product ID:SCJSJ2P96R
Detroys, Chretien: - Chrétien de Troyes was a twelfth-century French poet and one of the most influential figures in the development of Arthurian romance and medieval European literature. Active in the courts of Champagne and Flanders, he helped give literary form to stories of knights, quests, love, honour, marvels, and moral testing. His surviving romances are among the earliest and most important works to shape the traditions associated with King Arthur and the Round Table.Chrétien's works include Erec and Enide, Cligès, Yvain, the Knight of the Lion, Lancelot, the Knight of the Cart, and Perceval, the Story of the Grail. Through these romances he contributed decisively to the literary development of Lancelot, courtly love, knightly adventure, and the Grail tradition. His influence extends across medieval literature, Arthurian legend, French literature, romance, fantasy, and later retellings of chivalric adventure.
Publisher: SMK Books

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