Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. The Contributors vii
4. Introduction by Norris J. Lacy and Joan Tasker Grimbert xi
5. PART I BACKGROUND
6. 1. Chrétien in History 1
7. 2 Chrétien’s Patrons 15
8. 3 Chrétien’s Literary Background 26
9. 4 The Arthurian Legend Before Chrétien de Troyes 43
10. 5 Narrative Poetics: Rhetoric, Orality and Performance 52
11. 6 The Manuscripts of Chrétien’s Romances 64
12. 7 Editing Chrétien 76
13. PART II TEXTS 85
14. 8. Philomena: Brutal Transitions and Courtly Transformations in Chrétien’s Old French Translation 85
15. 9 Erec et Enide: The First Arthurian Romance 103
16. 10 Cligés and the Chansons: A Slave to Love 120
17. 11 Le Chevalier de la Charrette: That Obscure Object of Desire, Lancelot 137
18. 12 Le Chevalier au Lion: Yvain Lionheart 156
19. 13 Le Conte du Graal: Chrétien’s Unfinished Last Romance 169
20. PART III MEDIEVAL RECEPTION AND INFLUENCE
21. 14. The Continuations of the Conte du Graal 189
22. 15 Medieval Translations and Adaptations of Chrétien’s Works 202
23. 16 Chrétien’s Medieval Influence: From the Grail Quest to the Joy of the Court 214
24. Select Bibliography 229
25. Index 235