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Arthurian Literature XIX

Comedy in Arthurian Literature
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Language: English
Published/Copyright: 2002

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Articles on comedy in Arthurian romance - French, Dutch, Italian, Scottish and English.

The texts analyzed underline the wide dissemination of the Arthurian story in medieval and post-medieval Europe, from Scotland to Italy, while the various analyses of the manifestations of comedy refute the notion of romance as ahumourless genre. Indeed, the comic treatment of conventional themes and motifs appears to be not only characteristic of later romance but an essential element of the genre from its beginnings and from its earliest development. Authors of Arthurian romance, from Chrétien de Troyes to Malory, writing in French, Italian, Middle Dutch, and Middle English, and the creators of an Irish prose-tale, all question the fundamental assumptions of romance and romancevalues through the medium of comedy. The theme of comedy in Arthurian romance has been developed from the orignal session at the Arthurian Congress in Toulouse. Contributors: ELIZABETH ARCHIBALD, FRANK BRANDSMA, CHRISTINE FERLAMPIN-ACHER, LINDA GOWANS, DONALD L. HOFFMAN, MARGOLEIN HOGENBIRK, NORRIS J. LACY, MARILYN LAWRENCE, BENEDICTE MILLAND-BOVE, PETER S. NOBLE, KAREN PRATT, ANGELICA RIEGER, ELIZABETH S. SKLAR, FRANCESCO ZAMBON.

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Contributor: Roger Dalrymple Roger Dalrymple is Deputy Director and Professor in the Department for Continuing Education at the University of Oxford --- Contributor: Elizabeth Archibald ELIZABETH ARCHIBALD is Professor of English Studies at Durham University, and Principal of St Cuthbert's Society.

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    GENERAL EDITOR’S FOREWORD

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    Keith Busby
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    I COMEDY AND TRAGEDY IN SOME ARTHURIAN RECOGNITION SCENES

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    Elizabeth Archibald
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    II MERVEILLEUX ET COMIQUE DANS LES ROMANS ARTHURIENS FRANÇAIS (XIIe–XVe SIECLES)

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    Christine Ferlampin-Acher
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    III LA BANDE DESSINEE VIRTUELLE DU LION D’YVAIN: SUR LE SENS DE L’HUMOUR DE CHRETIEN DE TROYES

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    Angelica Rieger
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    IV CONVENTION, COMEDY, AND THE FORM OF LA VENGEANCE RAGUIDEL

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    Norris J. Lacy
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    V LE COMIQUE DANS LES MERVEILLES DE RIGOMER ET HUNBAUT

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    Peter S. Noble
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    VI HUMOUR IN THE ROMAN DE SILENCE

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    Karen Pratt
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    VII LA PRATIQUE DE LA ‘DISCONVENANCE’ COMIQUE DANS LE LANCELOT EN PROSE: LES MESAVENTURES AMOUREUSES DE GUERREHET

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    Bénédicte Milland-Bove
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    VIII LANCELOT PART 3

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    Frank Brandsma
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    IX COMIC FUNCTIONS OF THE PARROT AS MINSTREL IN LE CHEVALIER DU PAPEGAU

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    Marilyn Lawrence
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    X DINADAN EN ITALIE

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    Francesco Zambon
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    XI A COMICAL VILLAIN: ARTHUR’S SENESCHAL IN A SECTION OF THE MIDDLE DUTCH LANCELOT COMPILATION

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    Marjolein Hogenbirk
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    XII MALORY AND THE ENGLISH COMIC TRADITION

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    Donald L. Hoffman
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    XIII ‘LAUGHYNG AND SMYLYNG’: COMIC MODALITIES IN MALORY’S TALE OF SIR LAUNCELOT DU LAKE

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    Elizabeth S. Sklar
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    XIV THE EACHTRA AN AMADÁIN MHÓIR AS A RESPONSE TO THE PERCEVAL OF CHRÉTIEN DE TROYES

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    Linda Gowans
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Arthurian Romance; Comedy; French; Dutch; Italian; Scottish; English
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