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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... bien deviser les ouvraingnes Ne sarroie en .II . anz entiers . Et pour ce qu'il ne m'est mestiers De metre pluz m'entente ci , Vouz dirai ge le conte ainssi Conme Brianz fist atorner L'ostel pour le roi sejorner , Pour ce c'honnerer le ...
... bien faire le covreit : Ço savez bien , haute proëce Abaisse bien cri de laidece . ( Troie 5323-26 ) 133 [ And if there were anything unattractive about him , he made up for it by his fine conduct . Rest assured that high prowess tends ...
... bien sachiez que en ceste Queste ne vos puet vostre chevalerie riens valoir , se li Sainz Esperiz ne vos fet la voie en toutes les aventures que vos troverez . Car vos savez bien que ceste Queste est emprise por savoir au- cune chose ...