Arthur of the Low Countries

The Arthurian Legend in Dutch and Flemish Literature

AvBart Besamusca,Frank Brandsma

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In the medieval Low Countries (modern-day Belgium and the Netherlands), Arthurian romance flourished in the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries. The Middle Dutch poets translated French material (like Chrétien’s Conte du Graal and the Prose Lancelot), but also created romances of their own, like Walewein. This book provides a current overview of the Dutch Arthurian material and the research that it has provoked. Geographically, the region is a crossroads between the French and Germanic spheres of influence, and the movement of texts and manuscripts (west to east) reflects its position, as revealed by chapters on the historical context, the French material and the Germanic Arthuriana of the Rhinelands. Three chapters on the translations of French verse texts, the translations of French prose texts, and on the indigenous romances form the core of the book, augmented by chapters on the manuscripts, on Arthur in the chronicles, and on the post-medieval Arthurian material..

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2021-01-15
Språk:Engelska
Filformat:PDF
Kopieringsskydd:LCP
ISBN:9781786836830
Förlag:University of Wales Press
Serie:Arthurian Literature in the Middle Ages

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Bart Besamusca is Professor of Middle Dutch Textual Culture from an International Perspective in the Utrecht Centre for Medieval Studies at Utrecht University. Frank Brandsma is Senior Lecturer in Comparative Literature (Middle Ages) in the Utrecht Centre for Medieval Studies at Utrecht University.

Innehållsförteckning

PrefaceAcknowledgementsThe ContributorsAbbreviationsGuidelines for the ReaderIntroduction - Bart Besamusca and Frank Brandsma1 The Cultural and Historical Context of the Low Countries -Bram Caers and Mike Kestemont2 French Arthurian Literature in the Low Countries - Keith Busby and Martine Meuwese3 The Manuscripts - Bart Besamusca4 King Arthur in the Historiography of the Low Countries - Thea Summerfield5 Translations and Adaptations of French Verse Romances: Tristant, Wrake van Ragisel, Ferguut, Perchevael, Torec - Marjolein Hogenbirk and David F. Johnson6 Indigenous Arthurian Romances: Walewein, Moriaen, Ridder metter mouwen, Walewein ende Keye, Lanceloet en het hert met de witte voet - Simon Smith and Roel Zemel7 Translations and Adaptations of French Prose Romances, Including the Lancelot Compilation - Frank Brandsma8 Arthurian Literature of the Rhineland - Jürgen Wolf9 The Arthurian Legacy - Geert van IerselGeneral BibliographyIndex of ManuscriptsGeneral Index