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The danger of romance : truth, fantasy, and Arthurian fictions /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Sullivan, Karen, 1964- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2018.
Subjects:
Arthur, > King > In literature.
Lancelot > (Legendary character) > In literature.
Merlin > (Legendary character) > In literature.
Arthurian romances > History and criticism.
French literature > To 1500 > History and criticism.
Arthurian romances > Appreciation.
Table of Contents:
  • Romance and its reception
  • Merlin: magic, miracles, and marvels
  • King Arthur: history and fiction
  • Lancelot of the lake: the morality of adultery
  • The quest of the holy grail: the sacredness of the secular
  • Truth and the imagination: from romance to children's fantasy.