Arthurian Literature XVII

Ad Putter is Professor of Medieval English at the University of Bristol, UK, co-director of Bristol's Centre for Medieval Studies, and Fellow of the British Academy. He is the author and editor of numerous books, with a particular interest in Medieval Romance texts and the works of the Gawain poet. He is currently leading a research project on the literary heritage of Anglo-Dutch relations. DOUGLAS KELLY is Emeritus Professor of French and Medieval Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

• Introduction: The Study of the 'Roman van Walewein' (with Erik Kooper) - Introduction: The Study of the 'Roman van Walewein' (with Bart Besamusca) - Erik KooperThe 'Roman van Walewein' as a Postclassical Literary Experiment - Walter HaugThe Pledge Motif in the 'Roman van Walewein': Original Variant and Rewritten Quest - Douglas KellyConvention and Innovation in the Middle Dutch 'Roman van Walewein' - Norris J. LacyIt's Hard to Be Me, or Walewein/Gawan as Hero - Matthias M A MeyerWalewein in the Otherworld and the Land of Prester John - Ad PutterGiving and Receiving: Exchange in the 'Roman van Walewein' and 'Sir Gawain and the Green Knight' - Linda BrosnanReading a Motion Picture: Why Steven Spielberg Should Read the 'Roman van Walewein' - Thea SummerfieldThe 'Roman van Walewein': Man into Fox, Fox into Man - The 'Roman van Walewein' Laced with Castles - Bart VeldhoenFight Descriptions in the 'Roman van Walewein' and in Two Middle High German Romances. A Comparison - Norbert VoorwindenMaking Bread from Stone: The 'Roman van Walewein' and the Transformation of Old French Romance - Lori J. Walters