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  • Formaat: Hardback, 370 pages, kõrgus x laius: 229x152 mm, kaal: 700 g
  • Sari: Arthurian Characters and Themes
  • Ilmumisaeg: 08-Nov-2005
  • Kirjastus: Routledge
  • ISBN-10: 0415971225
  • ISBN-13: 9780415971225
Teised raamatud teemal:
  • Formaat: Hardback, 370 pages, kõrgus x laius: 229x152 mm, kaal: 700 g
  • Sari: Arthurian Characters and Themes
  • Ilmumisaeg: 08-Nov-2005
  • Kirjastus: Routledge
  • ISBN-10: 0415971225
  • ISBN-13: 9780415971225
Teised raamatud teemal:
Gawain: A Casebook is a collection of 12-15 classic and original essays on the hero of Arthurian legend that investigates the figure of Gawain as he appears in major medieval traditions, as well as modern literature and film. As with other volumes in the Arthurian Characters and Themes series, this casebook includes an extended introduction examining the character's evolution from the earliest tales to his most recent appearances in popular culture, as well as an extensive annotated bibliography. Students, scholars, and anyone interested in medieval legend will find a wealth of insight into the mystery of this most poignant and perplexing of Arthurian heroes.
Series Editor's Preface vii
Introduction 1(36)
Raymond H. Thompson
Keith Busby
Select Bibliography 37(8)
Gawain: His Reputation, His Courtesy, and His Appearance in Chaucer's Squire's Tale
45(50)
B.J. Whiting
Gwalchmei m. Gwyar
95(8)
Rachel Bromwich
The Character of Gauvain in the Romances of Chretien de Troyes
103(14)
William A. Nitze
Gauvain and Fin' Amors in the Poems of Chretien de Troyes
117(8)
Douglas Kelly
Arthurian Adventure or Quixotic ``Struggle for Life''? A Reading of Some Gauvain Romances in the First Half of the Thirteenth Century
125(14)
Friedrich Wolfzettel
Diverging Traditions of Gauvain in Some of the Later Old French Verse Romances
139(18)
Keith Busby
The Formation of a Gauvain Cycle in Chantilly Manuscript 472
157(16)
Lori Walters
The Character of Gauvain in the Thirteenth-Century Prose Romances
173(10)
Fanni Bogdanow
The Character of Gauvain in the Prose Tristan
183(26)
Keith Busby
Gawain Against Arthur: The Impact of a Mythological Pattern upon Arthurian Tradition in Accounts of the Birth of Gawain
209(8)
Raymond H. Thompson
Crisis and Triumph in the World of Medieval Knighthood and Chivalry: Gawan in Wolfram von Eschenbach's Parzival
217(14)
Albrecht Classen
Gauvain as Lover in the Middle Dutch Verse Romance Walewein
231(8)
Bart Besamusca
The Transformation of the Figure of Gauvain in Italy
239(16)
Marie-Jose Heijkant
Middle English Arthurian Romance: The Repetition and Reputation of Gawain
255(18)
Phillip C. Boardman
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight: The Poet's Treatment of the Hero and His Adventure
273(14)
W.A. Davenport
Gawain and Heroic Knighthood in Malory
287(10)
Beverly Kennedy
Gawain in Post-Medieval English Literature
297(22)
Raymond H. Thompson
Sir Gawaine at Liberty Castle: Thomas Berger's Comic Didacticism in Arthur Rex: A Legendary Novel
319(18)
Klaus P. Jankofsky
Sir Gawain in Films
337(10)
David J. Williams
About the Contributors 347(2)
Proper Name Index 349
Keith Busby is Professor of French and Italian at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He is translator of the standard Penguin edition of The Lais of Marie de France. He is also editor of Word and Image in ArthurianLiterature (Garland, 1996).

Raymond H. Thompson is Professor Emeritus of English at Acadia University. He is author of The Return from Avalon: A Study of theArthurian Legend in Modern Fiction and co-editor of Merlin: A Casebook, also published by Routledge in the "Arthurian Characters and Themes" series.