The Fall of Kings and Princes - Structure and Destruction in Arthurian Tragedy

"Guerin's eye for detail and knack for noticing even the most minute parallel or textual tradition is stunning. . . . The Fall of Kings and Princes is a valuable addition to Arthurian studies, offering the most complete and insightful reading of Arthurian tragedy yet."--English Language Notes

Summary

This analysis aims to show how the greatest romance stories of medieval Europe contain the seeds of later versions of tragedy, and the stress this put upon the literary form and ideological function of the romance.

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"Guerin's eye for detail and knack for noticing even the most minute parallel or textual tradition is stunning. . . . The Fall of Kings and Princes is a valuable addition to Arthurian studies, offering the most complete and insightful reading of Arthurian tragedy yet."

Product details

• Authors: M Victoria Guerin, M. Victoria Guerin
• Publisher: Stanford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.05.1995
• EAN: 9780804722902
• ISBN: 978-0-8047-2290-2
• No. of pages: 352
• Dimensions: 140 mm x 216 mm x 24 mm
• Weight: 585 g
• Series: Figurae: Reading Medieval Culture; Figurae: Reading Medieval Cult; Figurae: Reading Medieval Culture; Figurae: Reading Medieval Cult
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies