The Art of Medieval French RomanceDouglas Kelly provides a comprehensive and historically valid analysis of the art of medieval French romance as the romancers themselves describe it. He focuses on well-known writers, such as Chrétien de Troyes and Marie de France, and also draws on a wide range of other sources—prose romances, non-Arthurian romances, thirteenth-century verse romances, and variant versions from the later Middle Ages. |
From inside the book
Results 1-3 of 90
... Lancelot , et puis les Hector , por chou que de cel conte estoient branche , et puis lez aventures a tous lez .XVIII . autres compaignons , et tout ce fu del conte Lancelot , et tout cil autre furent branche de chestui , et li contes ...
... ( Lancelot lxa . 3-6 ) ; the second is the split shield that marks the consummation of Lancelot and Guenevere's love ( adiunctio ) ( Lancelot lviiia . 13-16 ) .9 % The second shield functions in a man- ner analogous to the spear stub ...
... Lancelot's gradual emergence in the quest is echoed in the belated revelation of his name after the progressive revela- tion of his qualities . 101 The Lancelot Proper uses this device to prefigure or prophesy darkly the grail mysteries ...