Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Preface vii
3. Contents xiii
4. I. Malory and Arthurian Romance
5. 1. Malory and the Prose Cycles 3
6. 2. Fifteenth-Century Prose Romance 17
7. II. Malory and English Romance
8. 3. Techniques of Adaptation: The Tale of King Arthur and Arthur and Lucius 39
9. 4. Thematic Invention: A Noble Tale of Sir Lancelot 65
10. 5. The Tale of Sir Gareth 92
11. 6. The Book of Sir Tristram 109
12. III. Malory and Chivalry
13. 7. Fifteenth-Century Chivalry 137
14. 8. Knighthood in Life and Literature 163
15. 9. The Realism of Fifteenth-Century Romance 186
16. IV. The Fall of Camelot
17. 10. The Tale of the Sancgreal 205
18. 11. The Book of Sir Lancelot and Guenevere 223
19. 12. The Death of Arthur 235
20. Notes 251
21. Bibliography 277
22. Index 285