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The Arthur of the Italians: The Arthurian Legend in Medieval Italian Literature and Culture (Arthurian Literature in the Middle Ages #7) by Gloria Allaire, F. Regina Psaki is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

What is The Arthur of the Italians: The Arthurian Legend in Medieval Italian Literature and Culture (Arthurian Literature in the Middle Ages #7) about?

The Arthurian legend reached all levels of society in medieval and Renaissance Italy, from princely courts, with their luxury books and frescoed palaces, to the merchant classes and popular audiences in the piazza, who enjoyed shorter retellings in verse and prose. __The Arthur of the Italians__ offers an overview of the Arthurian fiction and art created in Italy during this time, with chapters examining, among other topics, the transmission of the French romances across Italy; the reworking of Arthurian tales in various Italian regional dialects; the textual relations of the story of Tristan; the narrative structures employed by Italian writers; later __ottava rima__ poetic versions in the new medium of printed books; and the Arthurian-themed art of the Middle Ages and Renaissance.

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It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.

Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.

Author
Gloria Allaire, F. Regina Psaki
Publisher
University of Wales Press Chicago Distribution Center [distributor
Published
2014
Language
EN
ISBN
9781783161584
Category
nonfiction
Subjects
Romance, History, Literary Fiction

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