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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... fille iert , n'ot plus d'oirs , molt estoit de cuer fine . ( Prise 575-78 ; emphasis mine ) [ While he is speaking , Duke Melcis advances accompanied by a noble maiden more beautiful and noble than Lavine ever was . She was his daughter ...