An Index of Themes and Motifs in Twelfth-Century French Arthurian Poetry(English, Paperback, Ruck E.H.)

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An Index of Themes and Motifs in Twelfth-Century French Arthurian Poetry(English, Paperback, Ruck E.H.) is written by Ruck E.H. and published by Boydell & Brewer Ltd. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 1843841398 (ISBN 10) and 9781843841395 (ISBN 13).

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, hawthorns, for example, and weaponry. Dr Ruck's index encompasses the Arthurian part of Wace's Brut; all of the works of Chretien de Troyes; all four Tristan poems together with Marie de France's Chevrefoil and Lanval; the lais of Tyolet, Melion, Cor and Mantel; Renaut de Beaujeu's Le Bel Inconnu; La Mule sans frein and Le Chevalier a l'epee. As the index is intended first and foremost for the use of Arthurian scholars, the non-Arthurian parts of the Brut and the Laisof Marie de France have not been included, although reference is made to them in the notes. E.H. RUCK studied at the universities of Exeter, Lancaster, and Reading, where she worked for her PhD.