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The Continuations of Chretien's Perceval - Content and Construction, Extension and Ending (Hardcover)
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The Continuations of Chretien's Perceval - Content and Construction, Extension and Ending (Hardcover)
Series: Arthurian Studies
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The Continuations of Chretien de Troyes' Perceval are here examined
as constituting a discrete genre of medieval literature. The notion
of Continuation in medieval literature is a familiar one - but
difficult to define precisely. Despite the existence of important
texts which are commonly referred to as Continuations, such as Le
Roman de la Rose,Le Chevalier de la Charrette and, of course, the
Perceval Continuations, the mechanics and processes involved in
actually producing a Continuation have found themselves
indistinguishable from those associated with other forms of
medieval reecriture. The Perceval Continuations (composed
c.1200-1230) constitute a vast body of material which incorporates
four separately authored Continuations, each of which seeks to
further,in some way, the unfinished Perceval of Chretien de Troyes
- though they are not merely responses to his work.
Chronologically, they were composed one after the other, and the
next in line picks up where the previous one left off; they thus
respond intertextually to each other as well as to Chretien, and
only one actually furnishes the story as a whole with an ending.
Here, these fascinating texts are used as a lens for examining,
defining and distinguishing the whole concept of a Continuation;
the author also employs theories as to what constitutes an "end"
and what is "unfinished", alongside scrutiny of other medieval
"ends" and Continuations. Dr Leah Tether isa Postdoctoral Research
Fellow at the Cultures of the Digital Economy Institute, Anglia
Ruskin University.
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