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Beginning with an introduction that examines the portrayal of Lancelot and Guinevere from their origins to the present day, the sixteen essays in this collection deal with varied topics including feminist readings of the characters' representations and the depiction of the lovers in medieval manuscript illuminations, in film, and in other visual arts.
A queen who helped define the cultural landscape of her era. As
duchess of Brittany [1491-1514] and twice queen of France [1491-98;
1498-1514], Anne de Bretagne set a benchmark by which to measure
the status of female authority in Europe at the dawn of the
Renaissance. Although at times a traditional political pawn, when
men who ruled her life were involved in reshaping European
alliances, Anne was directly or indirectly involved with the
principal political and religious European leaders of her time and
helped define the cultural landscape of her era. Taking a variety
of cross-disciplinary perspectives, these ten essays by art
historians, literary specialists, historians, and political
scientists contribute to the ongoing discussion ofAnne de Bretagne
and seek to prompt further investigations into her cultural and
political impact. At the same time, they offer insight of a broader
nature into related areas of intellectual interest - patronage, the
history of the book, the power and definition of queenship and the
interpretation of politico-cultural documents and court spectacles
- thereby confirming the extensive nature of Anne's legacy. CYNTHIA
J. BROWN is Professor of French at the University of California,
Santa Barbara.
Essays demonstrating that Arthur belonged to the whole of Europe -
not just England. The European dimensions of Arthurian literature
form the focus of this special issue of Arthurian Literature,
derived from sessions held at the International Conference in
Utrecht (2005). It brings out in particular the supranational
coherence of the Arthurian genre, and the ways in which its motifs
appear throughout European literature. Questions discussed here
include the function of Perceval in a variety of Arthurian
romances, the character of Gauvain in the French, Dutch and English
traditions, the narrator in different versions of the Prose
Lancelot, and the concept of 'youth' in Scandinavian and Old French
romances. BART BESAMUSCA and FRANK BRANDSMA lecture at Utrecht
University. Contributors: BART BESAMUSCA, FRANK BRANDSMA, CORA
DIETL, SARAH GORDON, LINDA GOWANS, MARJOLEIN HOGENBIRK, SUSANNE
KRAMARZ-BEIN, NORRIS J. LACY, MARTINE MEUWESE, STEFANO MULA, JOSEPH
M. SULLIVAN,LORI J. WALTERS.
New editor, new directions: the series broadens its scope to
encompass European literatures other than French and English;
still, however, "an indispensable component of any historical or
Arthurian library". NOTES AND QUERIES This new volume of Arthurian
Literature, the first under its new editor Keith Busby, is devoted
to the Roman van Walewein(The Romance of Walewein [Gawain]) by
Penninc and Pieter Vostaert, an undisputed gem of Middle Dutch
literature which has recently become accessible to an
English-speaking audience through translation. Essentially a
fairy-tale written into Arthurian romance, it presents a Gawain
quite different to the man found in the English Sir Gawain and the
Green Knightor the French Gauvain. Expert readings of the Walewein,
especially commissioned and collected by BART BESAMUSCA and ERIK
KOOPERof the University of Utrecht are provided by a group of
renowned scholars, contributing to the on-going critical appraisal
of the Walewein. KEITH BUSBY is George Lynn Cross Research
Professor at the Center for Medieval and Renaissane Studies,
University of Oklahoma. Contributors: BART BESAMUSCA, ERIK KOOPER,
WALTER HAUG, DOUGLAS KELLY, NORRIS J. LACY, MATHIAS MEYER, AD
PUTTER, FELICITY RIDDY, THEA SUMMERFIELD, JANE H.M. TAYLOR, BART
VELDHOEN, NORBERT VOORWINDEN, LORI WALTERS
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