The Arthur Of Medieval Latin Literature

Author : Siân Echard
Publisher : University of Wales Press
Page : 214 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2011-03-15
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781783168552

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The Arthur of Medieval Latin Literature by Siân Echard Pdf

King Arthur is arguably the most recognizable literary hero of the European Middle Ages. His stories survive in many genres and many languages, but while scholars and enthusiasts alike know something of his roots in Geoffrey of Monmouth's Latin History of the Kings of Britain, most are unaware that there was a Latin Arthurian tradition which extended beyond Geoffrey. This collection of essays will highlight different aspects of that tradition, allowing readers to see the well-known and the obscure as part of a larger, often coherent whole. These Latin-literate scholars were as interested as their vernacular counterparts in the origins and stories of Britain's greatest heroes, and they made their own significant contributions to his myth.

Author : Maurice Helin
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 130 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 1985-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0879910895

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A History of Medieval Latin Literature by Maurice Helin Pdf

Author : Siân Echard
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 286 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 1998-09-10
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0521621267

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Arthurian Narrative in the Latin Tradition by Siân Echard Pdf

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.

Author : Maurice Hélin
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 1949
Category : Latin literature, Medieval and modern
ISBN : STANFORD:36105002652183

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A History of Medieval Latin Literature by Maurice Hélin Pdf

Author : Mildred Leake Day
Publisher : DS Brewer
Page : 302 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Arthurian romances
ISBN : 1843840642

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Latin Arthurian Literature by Mildred Leake Day Pdf

Parallel text and translation of Arthurian romances in Latin. Latin is the language not only of numerous Arthurian chronicles - including the most important of all, Geoffrey of Monmouth's Historia regum Britannie - but also of a small number of important but largely neglected romancesconcerning Arthur and his knights. Several of these romances clearly take their inspiration from the chronicle tradition, and their authors sometimes join romance adventures with actual events and characters (such as Henry II) inorder to give the appearance of history to Arthurian fiction. Ranging in date from the late twelfth to the fourteenth century, these romances include De ortu Waluuanii (in which Gawain defeats the Persian champion for thepeace of Jerusalem), Historia Meriadoci, Arthur and Gorlagon, and Draco Normannicus. These four texts are presented here in facing text and translation, and accompanied by a thorough introduction and extensive notes.

Author : Oliver James Padel
Publisher : University of Wales Press
Page : 121 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2013-05-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9780708326589

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Arthur in Medieval Welsh Literature by Oliver James Padel Pdf

Although the legends of Arthur have been popular throughout Europe from the Middle Ages onwards, the earliest references to Arthur are to be found in Welsh literature, starting with the Welsh-Latin Historia Brittonum dating from the ninth century. By the twelfth century, Arthur was a renowned figure wherever Welsh and her sister languages were spoken. O. J. Padel now provides an overall survey of medieval Welsh literary references to Arthur and emphasizes the importance of understanding the character and purpose of the texts in which allusions to Arthur occur. Texts from different genres are considered together, and shed new light on the use that different authors make of the multifaceted figure of Arthur – from the folk legend associated with magic and animals to the literary hero, soldier and defender of country and faith. Other figures associated with Arthur, such as Cai, Bedwyr and Gwenhwyfar, are also discussed here.

Author : W R J Barron
Publisher : University of Wales Press
Page : 442 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2020-11-15
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781786837400

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The Arthur of the English by W R J Barron Pdf

This first comprehensive treatment of Arthurian literature in the English language up until the end of the Middle Ages is now available for the first time in paperback. English people think of Arthur as their own – stamped on the landscape in scores of place-names, echoed in the names of princes even today. Yet some would say the English were the historical Arthur’s bitterest enemies and usurpers of his heritage. The process by which Arthurian legends have become an important part of England’s cultural heritage is traced in this book. Previous studies have concentrated on the handful of chivalric romances, which have given the impression that Arthur is a hero of romantic escapism. This study seeks to provide a more comprehensive and insightful look at the English Arthurian legends and how they evolved. It focuses primarily upon the literary aspects of Arthurian legend, but it also makes some important political and social observations.

Author : Ralph Hexter,David Townsend
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 672 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2012-01-20
Category : History
ISBN : 9780199875191

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The Oxford Handbook of Medieval Latin Literature by Ralph Hexter,David Townsend Pdf

The twenty-eight essays in this Handbook represent the best of current thinking in the study of Latin language and literature in the Middle Ages. The insights offered by the collective of authors not only illuminate the field of medieval Latin literature but shed new light on broader questions of literary history, cultural interaction, world literature, and language in history and society. The contributors to this volume--a collection of both senior scholars and gifted young thinkers--vividly illustrate the field's complexities on a wide range of topics through carefully chosen examples and challenges to settled answers of the past. At the same time, they suggest future possibilities for the necessarily provisional and open-ended work essential to the pursuit of medieval Latin studies. While advanced specialists will find much here to engage and at times to provoke them, this handbook successfully orients non-specialists and students to this thriving field of study. The overall approach of The Oxford Handbook of Medieval Latin Literature makes this volume an essential resource for students of the ancient world interested in the prolonged after-life of the classical period's cultural complexes, for medieval historians, for scholars of other medieval literary traditions, and for all those interested in delving more deeply into the fascinating more-than-millennium that forms the bridge between the ancient Mediterranean world and what we consider modernity.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : University of Wales Press
Page : 330 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2020-10-15
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781786837349

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The Arthur of the Welsh by Anonim Pdf

Little, if anything, is known historically of Arthur, yet for centuries the romances of Arthur and his court dominated the imaginative literature of Europe in many languages. The roots of this vast flowering of the Arthurian legend are to be found in early Welsh tradition, and this volume gives an account of the Arthurian literature produced in Wales, in both Welsh and Latin, during the Middle Ages. The distinguished contributors offer a comprehensive view of recent scholarship relating to Arthurian literature in early Welsh and other Brythonic sources. The volume includes chapters on the 'historical' Arthur, Arthur in early Welsh verse, the legend of Merlin, the tales of Culhwch ac Olwen, Geraint, Owain, Peredur, The Dream of Rhonabwy and Trystan ac Esyllt. Other chapters investigate the evidence for the growth of the Arthurian theme in the Triads and in the Historia Regum Britanniae of Geoffrey of Monmouth, and discuss the Breton connection and the gradual transmission of the legend to the non-Celtic world. The volume, which is unique in offering a comprehensive discussion of the subject, will appeal widely to medievalists, to Welsh and Celtic scholars, and to those non-specialists who have felt the fascination of the figure of Arthur and wish to know more.

Author : Rachel Bromwich,Alfred Owen Hughes Jarman,Brynley F. Roberts
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 334 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : Arthurian romances
ISBN : IND:30000054698380

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The Arthur of the Welsh by Rachel Bromwich,Alfred Owen Hughes Jarman,Brynley F. Roberts Pdf

This volume is unique in offering a comprehensive discussion of the subject. It will appeal widely to medievalists, to Welsh and Celtic scholars and to those non-specialists who have felt the fascination of the figure of Arthur and wish to know more. Little, if anything, is known historically of Arthur, yet for centuries the romances of Arthur and his court dominated the imaginative literature of Europe in many languages. The roots of this vast flowering of the Arthurian legend are to be found in early Welsh tradition and this volume gives an account of the Arthurian literature produced in Wales, in both Welsh and Latin, during the Middle Ages. The distinguished contributors offer a comprehensive view of recent scholarship relating to Arthurian literature in early Welsh and other Brythonic sources. The volume includes chapters on the "historical" Arthur, Arthur in early Welsh verse, the legend of Merlin, the tales of Culhwch ac Olwen, Geraint, Owain, Peredur, The Dream of Rhonabwy and Trystan ac Esyllt. Other chapters investigate the evidence for the growth of the Arthurian theme in the Triads and in the Historia Regum Britanniae of Geoffrey of Monmouth, and discuss the Breton connection and the gradual transmission of the legend to the non-Celtic world.

Author : Rosemary Morris
Publisher : Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Page : 186 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 1982
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 9780859910880

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The Character of King Arthur in Medieval Literature by Rosemary Morris Pdf

This study is based on literry works in various languages, from earliest times until approximately 1500. The 'biographer' of Arthur, tries to interlink the various sources.

Author : Karl Strecker
Publisher : Georg Olms Verlag
Page : 182 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2024-06-16
Category : Latin language, Medieval and modern
ISBN : 3615400941

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Introduction to Medieval Latin by Karl Strecker Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : University of Wales Press
Page : 301 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2020-10-15
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781786837356

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The Arthur of the Welsh by Anonim Pdf

Little, if anything, is known historically of Arthur, yet for centuries the romances of Arthur and his court dominated the imaginative literature of Europe in many languages. The roots of this vast flowering of the Arthurian legend are to be found in early Welsh tradition, and this volume gives an account of the Arthurian literature produced in Wales, in both Welsh and Latin, during the Middle Ages. The distinguished contributors offer a comprehensive view of recent scholarship relating to Arthurian literature in early Welsh and other Brythonic sources. The volume includes chapters on the 'historical' Arthur, Arthur in early Welsh verse, the legend of Merlin, the tales of Culhwch ac Olwen, Geraint, Owain, Peredur, The Dream of Rhonabwy and Trystan ac Esyllt. Other chapters investigate the evidence for the growth of the Arthurian theme in the Triads and in the Historia Regum Britanniae of Geoffrey of Monmouth, and discuss the Breton connection and the gradual transmission of the legend to the non-Celtic world. The volume, which is unique in offering a comprehensive discussion of the subject, will appeal widely to medievalists, to Welsh and Celtic scholars, and to those non-specialists who have felt the fascination of the figure of Arthur and wish to know more.

Author : A. G. Rigg
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 438 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 1992-12-10
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 0521415942

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A History of Anglo-Latin Literature, 1066-1422 by A. G. Rigg Pdf

A comprehensive of medieval Anglo-Latin literature.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : University of Wales Press
Page : 446 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2014-04-15
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781783161584

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The Arthur of the Italians by Anonim Pdf

This is the first comprehensive book on the Arthurian legend in medieval and Renaissance Italy since Edmund Gardner’s 1930 The Arthurian Legend in Italian Literature. Arthurian material reached all levels of Italian society, from princely courts with their luxury books and frescoed palaces, to the merchant classes and even popular audiences in the piazza, which enjoyed shorter retellings in verse and prose. Unique assemblages emerge on Italian soil, such as the Compilation of Rustichello da Pisa or the innovative Tavola Ritonda, in versions made for both Tuscany and the Po Valley. Chapters examine the transmission of the French romances across Italy; reworkings in various Italian regional dialects; the textual relations of the prose Tristan; narrative structures employed by Italian writers; later ottava rima poetic versions in the new medium of printed books; the Arthurian-themed art of the Middle Ages and Renaissance; and more. The Arthur of the Italians offers a rich corpus of new criticism by scholars who have brought the Italian Arthurian material back into critical conversation.