The Continuations of Chrétien's Perceval : content and construction, extension and ending /: content and construction, extension and ending. (2012)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Leah Tether.
• Authors: Tether, Leah
• Contents: Front cover -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- List of abbreviations and MS sigla -- Introduction -- 1. Authorial changeovers in the manuscripts -- 2. Distinguishing continuations, sequels and ends -- 3. The first continuation and prolongation -- 4. The second continuation and the imitative mode -- 5. The Gerbert and Manessier continuations: interpolation vs. conclusion -- Conclusion -- Appendices -- I: Keys to the tables -- II: Table 1. Contents of the manuscripts -- III: Table 2. Changeovers shown by the manuscript -- IV: Listing of the episodes in the continuations -- V: Plot summary of Chrétien's Perceval. VI: plot summary of section I, episode 1-5: first continuation -- VII: plot summary of the first continuation's Carados section -- VIII: transcription of the independent conclusion of the second continuation from MS K -- Bibliography -- Index -- Backcover.
• Publisher Details: Suffolk : Boydell & Brewer
• Publication Date: 2012
• Extent: 1 online resource (ix, 241 pages)
• Subjects: 841.1; Arthurian romances -- History and criticism; Literature, Medieval; Cycle d'Arthur -- Histoire et critique; Littérature médiévale; Arthurian romances; Literature, Medieval; Criticism, interpretation, etc; Criticism and interpretation
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781846159572; 1846159571
• Related ISBNs: 9781843843160
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