The fall of kings and princes : structure and destruction in Arthurian tragedy / M. Victoria Guerin
1995, 1st edition. Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Item #425934
ISBN: 0804722900
Physical description; xi, 336 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm. Notes; Based on doctoral dissertation : Mordred's hidden presence : the skeleton in the Arthurian closet - Yale University. Includes bibliographical references (pages 303-321) and index. Contents; Ch. 1. The Vulgate Cycle -- Ch. 2. Le Chevalier de la Charrete -- Ch. 3. Le Conte du Graal -- Ch. 4. Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. Subjects; Chrétien de Troyes 12th century Perceval. Chrétien de Troyes 12th century. Chevalier de la charrette. Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. Gawain and the Grene Knight . To 1500. French poetry To 1500 History and criticism. Arthurian romances History and criticism. Romances, English History and criticism. Narration (Rhetoric) History To 1500. Princes in literature. Knights and knighthood in literature. Kings and rulers in literature. Fathers and sons in literature. Incest in literature. Rhetoric, Medieval. Tragedy.
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