Rewriting Arthurian Romance in Renaissance France
Subtitle: From Manuscript to Printed Book
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer, Limited
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 294
ISBN-13: 9781843843658
Subjects: Arthurian romances; French literature, history and criticism, 16th century; Printing, history
Description: "Arthurian romance in Renaissance France has long been treated by modern critics as marginal - although manuscripts and printed volumes, adaptations and rewritings, show just how much writers, and especially publishers, saw its potential attractions for readers. This book is the first full-length study of what happens to Arthur at the beginning of the age of print. It explores the fascinations of Arthurian romance in the sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries, from the magnificent presentation volumes offered by Antoine Verard or Galliot du Pre in the early years of the century to the perfunctory abbreviated Lancelot published by Benoit Rigaud in Lyon in 1591; from Pierre Sala's dutiful "translation" of Yvain to Jean Maugin's exuberant rewriting of the prose Tristan; from attempts at "new" romance like the little-known Giglan to the runaway best-seller Amadis de Gaule."-- Publisher description.