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Ulrich von Zatzikhoven's Lanzelet - Narrative Style and Entertainment (Hardcover, Annotated edition)
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Ulrich von Zatzikhoven's Lanzelet - Narrative Style and Entertainment (Hardcover, Annotated edition)
Series: Arthurian Studies
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Wide-ranging survey of a neglected but significant early German
version of the Lancelot legend. Ulrich von Zatzikhoven's Lanzelet,
written around the turn of the thirteenth century, has long
intrigued scholars both within and outside German studies: the only
remaining trace of a Lancelot legend free of the adulterousaffair
with Guinevere, it has been seen both as a precursor of classical
Arthurian romance in Germany, and as a post-classical imitation,
and attempts to interpret it have often run foul of its
contradictions. This new study takesa fresh look at its place in
the history of German romance, arguing that Ulrich placed his work
firmly in the Arthurian romance tradition, adopting its familiar
motifs, courtly vocabulary, and idealised knightly hero, but
ratherthan presenting a hero who falls from grace (as did
Chretien), his Lanzelet is truly flawless from the outset. While
the repeated episodes and adventures emphasise this aspect of
Lancelot, they are also related in strikingly different narrative
styles, which Dr McLelland suggests are not the result of authorial
incompetence, but rather a source of entertainment, and a challenge
to the genre as a whole. NICOLA McLELLAND is a Lecturer at Trinity
College, Dublin.
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