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The Contributors vii
Introduction Norris J. Lacy Joan Tasker Grimbert xi
Background
Chretien in History John W. Baldwin 3
Chretien's Patrons June Hall McCash 15
Chretien's Literary Background Laurence Harf-Lancner 26
The Arthurian Legend Before Chretien Norris J. Lacy 43
Narrative Poetics: Rhetoric, Orality and Performance Douglas Kelly 52
The Manuscripts of Chretien's Romances Keith Busby 64
Editing Chretien Peter F. Dembowski 76
Texts
Philomena: Brutal Transitions and Courtly Transformations in Chretien's Old French Translation Roberta L. Krueger 87
Erec et Enide: The First Arthurian Romance Donald Maddox Sara Sturm-Maddox 103
Cliges and the Chansons: A Slave to Love Joan Tasker Grimbert 120
Le Chevalier de la Charrette: That Obscure Object of Desire, Lancelot Matilda Tomaryn Bruckner 137
Le Chevalier au Lion: Yvain Lionheart Tony Hunt 156
Le Conte du Graal: Chretien's Unfinished Last Romance Rupert T. Pickens 169
Medieval Reception andInfluence
The Continuations of the Conte du Graal Annie Combes 191
Medieval Translations and Adaptations of Chretien's Works Michelle Szkilnik 202
Chretien's Medieval Influence: From the Grail Quest to the Joy of the Court Emmanuele Baumgartner 214
Select Bibliography 229
Index 235
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Justin Imhof
reviewed A Companion to Chrétien de Troyes on March 26, 2014
A Companion to Chrétien de Troyes
In the 1930s a scholar such as E K Chambers could bring out a study of Arthurian matters and, while inter alia translating or paraphrasing key passages in his discussion, would quote the original medieval texts in Latin on the supposition that his readers would be able to read and understand them. More than half a century on knowledge of Latin is not, if you pardon the irony, a sine qua non of the average reader, so we must all be grateful to Richard White for including not just a translation of most of Chambers' extracts but of a large number of other key Arthurian texts, not all of them in Latin.
Add to that intelligent introductions to not simply the whole collection but to each extract and this becomes a ready reference for those interested not just in Arthurian history and legend but also folklore and literature up to the late Middle Ages. And despite the magnitude of the available texts this volume is no more unwieldy than the one-volume paperback editions of The Lord of the Rings, so really the Arthurian enthusiast has no excuse for not obtaining and enjoying it!
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