An Index of Themes and Motifs in Twelfth-Century French Arthurian Poetry

by Elaine Heather Ruck

Book Overview

Index of themes in 12c French Arthurian verse romances from literary themes to everyday motifs.

There has long been a need for an index of the themes in the French Arthurian verse romances. E.H. Ruck's analysis includes not only therecognised literary themes - the Unspelling Quest, the FaithlessWife -of the verse romances from Wace's Brut to Froissart'sMeliador, but also the other, less obvious, motifs of equalsignificance to the researcher,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1843841398
• ISBN13: 9781843841395
• Release Date: December 1992
• Publisher: Boydell & Brewer
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 1.08 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 8.3" x 11.0"