Thinking Through Chrétien de Troyes

An exciting reassessment of the works of Chrétien, making use of modern critical theory to test orthodox opinion.

This co-written, multi-stranded book challenges assumptions about Chrétien as the author of a canon of works. In a series of lively exchanges, its five authors reassess the relationship between lyric and romance, between individuality and social conditions, and between psychology and medieval philosophy. The idea of "logical time" is used to open up such topics as adventure, memo...