Table of Contents

• Introduction. The Lancelot-Grail Cycle: Text and Transformations (William W. Kibler)
• 1. From Lancelot to Galahad: The Stakes of Filiation (EmmanuÈle Baumgartner)
• 2. Variations in the Patterns of Interlace in the Lancelot-Grail (Elspeth Kennedy)
• 3. Age and the Ages of Life in the Prose Lancelot (Douglas Kelly)
• 4. The Narration of Youthful Exploits in the Prose Lancelot (FranÇois Suard)
• 5. The Mort Artu and Cyclic Closure (Norris J. Lacy)
• 6. Autobiography and History in the Vulgate Estoire and in the Prose Merlin (Rupert T. Pickens)
• 7. “Or dist li contes”: Narrative Interventions and the Implied Audience in the Estoire del Saint Graal (Carol Chase)
• 8. CitÉ or Vile? A Lexical Problem in the Lancelot-Grail Cycle (Carleton W. Carroll)
• 9. Ladies Don’t Wear Braies: Underwear and Outerwear in the French Prose Lancelot (E. Jane Burns)
• 10. The Acclimatization of the Lancelot-Grail Cycle in Spain and Portugal (Harvey L. Sharrer)
• 11. An Italian Reaction to the French Prose Lancelot-Grail Cycle: Matteo Maria Boiardo and the Knight’s Quest for Identity (Elizabeth H. D. Mazzocco)
• 12. The Idea of a Cycle: Malory, the Lancelot-Grail, and the Prose Tristan (James I. Wimsatt)
• 13. Lancelot’s Vocation: Traitor Saint (E. Kay Harris)
• Index

About the Author

William W. Kibler is the Superior Oil-Linward Shivers Centennial Professor of Medieval Studies and a professor of French at the University of Texas at Austin.

Reviews

"The Lancelot-Grail Cycle is a seminal work in the development of the European medieval literatures right down to the Renaissance. For this reason, this volume will be compulsory reading for a wide audience interested in medieval matters, history, linguistics and belles lettres, and literary criticism." --Carol R. Dover, Georgetown University