{"product_id":"the-arthurian-romances-of-chretien-de-troyes-once-and-future-fictions-paperback-9780521070577","title":"The Arthurian Romances of Chrétien de Troyes; Once and Future Fictions (Paperback \/ softback) 9780521070577","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Arthurian Romances of Chrétien de Troyes\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eOnce and Future Fictions\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eChrétien de Troyes was one of the most important medieval writers of Arthurian narrative.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eDonald Maddox (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521070577, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 31 July 2008\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e196 pages\u003cbr\u003e23.2 x 15.6 x 0.6 cm, 1.01 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eChrétien de Troyes was one of the most important medieval writers of Arthurian narrative. A key figure in reshaping the 'once and future fictions' of Arthurian story, he was instrumental in the late twelfth-century shift from written and oral legendary traditions to a highly sophisticated literary cultivation of the Old French verse romance. While examining individually each of Chretien's five Arthurian romances, Donald Maddox looks at their coherence as a group, suggesting that their intertextual relations lend a harmony of meaning and design to the ensemble as a whole. Central to his argument is the focus on customs, which provide unity within as well as among the works while conveying an acute sense of the vulnerability and dissolution of feudal institutions in an age of social crisis and transition.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e 1. Rex quondam: Arthurian tradition and the anterior order\u003cbr\u003e 2. Safely through the realm: customs in Le chevalier de la charrette\u003cbr\u003e 3. Tenir Terre: customs in Le chevalier au lion\u003cbr\u003e 4. Rexque Futurus: the anterior order in Le conte du graal\u003cbr\u003e 5. Arthurian intertextuality: crisis and custom\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion\u003cbr\u003e Literary customs and the socio-historical question\u003cbr\u003e Abbreviations\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Literary studies: poetry \u0026amp; poets [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Literary studies: poetry \u0026amp; poets\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Literary%20studies:%20poetry%20\u0026amp;%20poets%20%5BDSC%5D%22\"\u003eDSC\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46006351003928,"sku":"9780521070577","price":35.39,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521070577i.jpg?v=1694969170","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-arthurian-romances-of-chretien-de-troyes-once-and-future-fictions-paperback-9780521070577","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}