This fascinating volume examines the enduring influence of courtly tradition and courtly love, particularly in contemporary popular culture. The ten chapters explore topics including the impact of the medieval troubadour in modern love songs, the legacy of figures such as Tristan, Iseult, Lancelot, Guinevere, and Merlin in modern film and literature, and more generally, how courtly and chivalric conceptions of love have shaped the Western world's conception of love, loyalty, honor, and adultery throughout history and to this day.

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Yes, you can access The Legacy of Courtly Literature by Deborah Nelson-Campbell, Rouben Cholakian, Deborah Nelson-Campbell,Rouben Cholakian in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Literature & Medieval & Early Modern Literary Criticism. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Information

Publisher

Palgrave Macmillan

Year

2017

ISBN

9783319607290

Topic

Literature

Subtopic

Medieval & Early Modern Literary Criticism

Index

Literature

Foreword
Contents
List of Figures
Chapter 1 Introduction
Chapter 2 The Arthurian Knight Remythified Ovidian: The Failures of Courtly Love in Three Late Medieval Glosses
Chapter 3 Shakespeare’s The Merry Wives of Windsor and the Fabliau
Chapter 4 Villon’s Dreams of the Courtly
Chapter 5 “You Make Me Want to Be a Better Man”: Courtly Values Revived in Modern Film
Chapter 6 From Marie de France to J.K. Rowling: The Weasel
Chapter 7 Courtly Literature: “Yesterday” is Today
Chapter 8 Variations on a Transcultural Phenomenon: The Potion Scene in Four Film Versions of the Legend of Tristan and Iseult
Chapter 9 The Musical Incongruities of Time Travel in Arthurian Film
Chapter 10 The Fool and the Wise Man: The Legacy of the Two Merlins in Modern Culture
Chapter 11 A Legacy of Japanese Courtly Literature: The Imperial New Year Poetry Recitation Party
Bibliography
Index