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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... critical vocabulary lacks equivalents to that of medieval languages is a defect of modern critical thought . It is therefore essential for the medi- evalist to identify that defect rather than try to twist medieval language into the ...
... critical methodologies with medieval writings , as long as it is carried on with due care for philological accuracy and for the integrity of the medieval text . For example , Freudian and Jungian readings of romance are interest- ing ...
... critical scholarship . It is also the source of unexpected insights into the medieval art and into auctorial and audience expectations in the twelfth , thirteenth , and early fourteenth centuries . Modern critical insights are equally ...