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Arthurian Literature XIX: Comedy in Arthurian Literature

By Keith Busby (Editor), Roger Dalrymple (Editor), Angelica Rieger (Contribution by), Benedicte Milland-Bove (Contribution by), Christine Ferlampin-Acher (Contribution by), Donald L Hoffman (Contribution by), Elizabeth Archibald (Contribution by), Elizabeth S Sklar (Contribution by), Francesco Zambon (Contribution by), Frank Brandsma (Contribution by), Karen Pratt (Contribution by), L M Gowans (Contribution by), Marilyn Lawrence (Contribution by), Marjolein Hogenbirk (Contribution by), Norris J. Lacy (Contribution by), Peter S Noble (Contribution by)
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By Keith Busby (Editor), Roger Dalrymple (Editor), Angelica Rieger (Contribution by), Benedicte Milland-Bove (Contribution by), Christine Ferlampin-Acher (Contribution by), Donald L Hoffman (Contribution by), Elizabeth Archibald (Contribution by), Elizabeth S Sklar (Contribution by), Francesco Zambon (Contribution by), Frank Brandsma (Contribution by), Karen Pratt (Contribution by), L M Gowans (Contribution by), Marilyn Lawrence (Contribution by), Marjolein Hogenbirk (Contribution by), Norris J. Lacy (Contribution by), Peter S Noble (Contribution by)
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Articles on comedy in Arthurian romance — French, Dutch, Italian, Scottish and English.

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 ahumourless 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 i...

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