Arthurian Literature XIX: Comedy in Arthurian Literature

The texts analyzed underline the wide dissemination of the Arthurian story in medieval and post-medieval Europe, from Scotland to Italy, while the various analyses of the manifestations of comedy refute the notion of romance as a humourless genre. Indeed, the comic treatment of conventional themes and motifs appears to be not only characteristic of later romance but an essential element of the genre from its beginnings and from its earliest development. Authors of Arthurian romance, from Chrétien de Troyes to Malory, writing in French, Italian, Middle Dutch, and Middle English, and the creators of an Irish prose-tale, all question the fundamental assumptions of romance and romance values through the medium of comedy. The theme of comedy in Arthurian romance has been developed from the orignal session at the Arthurian Congress in Toulouse. Contributors: ELIZABETH ARCHIBALD, FRANK BRANDSMA, CHRISTINE FERLAMPIN-ACHER, LINDA GOWANS, DONALD L. HOFFMAN, MARGOLEIN HOGENBIRK, NORRIS J. LACY, MARILYN LAWRENCE, BENEDICTE MILLAND-BOVE, PETER S. NOBLE, KAREN PRATT, ANGELICA RIEGER, ELIZABETH S. SKLAR, FRANCESCO ZAMBON.

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General Editor's Foreword
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I - Comedy and Tragedy in Some Arthurian Recognition Scenes
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- By Elizabeth Archibald
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II - Merveilleux et comique dans les romans arthuriens français (XIIe–XVe siècles)
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- By Christine Ferlampin-Acher
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III - La bande dessinée virtuelle du lion d'Yvain: sur le sens de l'humour de Chrétien de Troyes
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- By Angelica Rieger
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IV - Convention, Comedy and the Form of La Vengeance Raguidel
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- By Norris J. Lacy
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V - Le comique dans Les Merveilles de Rigomer et Hunbaut
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VI - Humour in the Roman de Silence
pp 87-104
- By Karen Pratt
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VII - La pratique de la ‘disconvenance’ comique dans le Lancelot en prose: les mésaventures amoureuses de Guerrehet
pp 105-116
- By Bénédicte Milland-Bove
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VIII - Lancelot Part 3
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- By Frank Brandsma
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IX - Comic Functions of the Parrot as Minstrel in Le Chevalier du Papegau
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- By Marilyn Lawrence
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X - Dinadan en Italie
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- By Francesco Zambon
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XI - A Comical Villain: Arthur's Seneschal in a Section of the Middle Dutch Lancelot Compilation
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- By Marjolein Hogenbirk
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XII - Malory and the English Comic Tradition
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XIII - ‘Laughyng and Smylyng’: Comic Modalities in Malory's Tale of Sir Launcelot du Lake
pp 189-198
- By Elizabeth S. Sklar
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XIV - The Eachtra an Amadáin Mhóir as a Response to the Perceval of Chrétien de Troyes
pp 199-230
- By Linda Gowans
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CONTENTS OF PREVIOUS VOLUMES
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Frontmatter
pp i-iv

Contents
pp v-vi

General Editor's Foreword
pp vii-viii

I - Comedy and Tragedy in Some Arthurian Recognition Scenes
pp 1-16

II - Merveilleux et comique dans les romans arthuriens français (XIIe–XVe siècles)
pp 17-48

III - La bande dessinée virtuelle du lion d'Yvain: sur le sens de l'humour de Chrétien de Troyes
pp 49-64

IV - Convention, Comedy and the Form of La Vengeance Raguidel
pp 65-76

V - Le comique dans Les Merveilles de Rigomer et Hunbaut
pp 77-86

VI - Humour in the Roman de Silence
pp 87-104

VII - La pratique de la ‘disconvenance’ comique dans le Lancelot en prose: les mésaventures amoureuses de Guerrehet
pp 105-116

VIII - Lancelot Part 3
pp 117-134

IX - Comic Functions of the Parrot as Minstrel in Le Chevalier du Papegau
pp 135-152

X - Dinadan en Italie
pp 153-164

XI - A Comical Villain: Arthur's Seneschal in a Section of the Middle Dutch Lancelot Compilation
pp 165-176

XII - Malory and the English Comic Tradition
pp 177-188

XIII - ‘Laughyng and Smylyng’: Comic Modalities in Malory's Tale of Sir Launcelot du Lake
pp 189-198

XIV - The Eachtra an Amadáin Mhóir as a Response to the Perceval of Chrétien de Troyes
pp 199-230

CONTENTS OF PREVIOUS VOLUMES
pp 231-232

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