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. |
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... saint are , strictly speaking , inappropriate ( except , of course , in the representation of redeemable sinners like Theophile ) . The vernacular lives emphasize hope for and trust in the intercession of the saint in favor of par- don ...
... saint's life terminates not with an exhortation to change one's life and , in effect , to enter into a new order , but with a prayer - prayer founded on hope and trust that the saint's intercession will be effective because of the ...
... saint's life was distinguished from romance because it spoke of God . Ne voil pas en fables d'Ovide , Seinnurs , mestre mun estuide , Ne ja , sachez , ne parlerum Ne de Tristram ne de Galerun ; Ne de Renard ne de Hersente Ne voil pas ...