The Evolution of Arthurian Romance
Subtitle: The Verse Tradition from Chrétien to Froissart (Cambridge Studies in Medieval Literature)
Contributors: Margaret Middleton (Translator); Roger Middleton (Translator)
Edition: New Ed edition
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: April 20, 2006
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 372
ISBN-13: 9780521025652
Subjects: Literary studies: classical, early & medieval; Poetry & poets: classical, early & medieval; Poetry; Literary Criticism; Literature - Classics / Criticism; French; Medieval; Europe; European - General; Arthurian romances--History and criticism; Arthurian romances--History and criticism Art; Literary Collections / Continental European; Literary Criticism & Collections / Medieval; Literary Criticism-European - General; Literary Criticism-Poetry
First sentence: Brogsitter gives the following introduction to German post-classical Arthurian literature under the heading 'Die Epigonenepen' ('The decadent epics'): From the very beginning of the thirteenth century the great works of the Master were followed by a number of other Arthurian romances which, despite some fine individual details, reveal all too clearly that they are not independent creations or worthy successors in the great tradition of Arthurian epic, but merely imitations, and limited for the most part to the imitation of narrative elements.