First full-length study in English of the Middle Dutch
Lancelot-Compilation, of great significance for Arthurian studies.
The Book of Lancelot is a study of the highly intriguing Middle
Dutch Lancelot Compilation, a collection of ten Arthurian verse
romances, compiled around 1320. Although the compilation is one of
the most important Middle Dutch works, and has important
implications for Arthurian studies, it is not well-known outside
the Low Countries. This monograph, the first full-length English
study of the compilation, aims to bring it to a wider
audience,analysing the Middle Dutch work and comparing it to French
narrative cycles, Thomas Malory's Morte Darthur, and Ulrich
Füetrer's Buch der Abenteuer. The book consists of five chapters.
The introductory chapter deals with the study of cyclicity, the
literary context of the Lancelot Compilation, and the manuscript
tradition. In the following three chapters the ten romances are
studied one by one. Each analysis consists of two parts:a
description of the compiler's source and a survey of his
interventions. In the fifth and last chapter the Lancelot
Compilation is characterized as a narrative cycle and compared with
French, English and German cycles. The monograph concludes with an
attempt to describe the essence of the compilation. BART BESAMUSCA
is Associate Professor in the Department of Dutch at Utrecht
University.
General
| Imprint: |
D.S. Brewer
|
| Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
| Series: |
Arthurian Studies |
| Release date: |
March 2003 |
| First published: |
2003 |
| Authors: |
Bart Besamusca
|
| Translators: |
Thea Summerfield
|
| Dimensions: |
234 x 156 x 14mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Hardcover
|
| Pages: |
224 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-0-85991-769-8 |
| Categories: |
Books
|
| LSN: |
0-85991-769-X |
| Barcode: |
9780859917698 |
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