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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... seul point , au lieu de le disperser sur des épisodes qui ne se relient pas suffisamment entre eux . " 60 His conception of narrative threads held together by a common denouement neglects the fact that , here , the denouement is ...
... Seul de l'elme qu'il ot el cief Et del cercle et de la visiere . ( Atre 3620-23 ) [ It would be tedious if I were to describe thoroughly only as much as the helmet on his head or its circle and visor . ] His audience is already aware of ...