{"product_id":"from-plato-to-lancelot-a-preface-to-chretien-de-troyes-9780815631606","title":"From Plato to Lancelot: A Preface to Chretien De Troyes","description":"\u003cp\u003eConsidered the most important figure in medieval French literature, Chr tien de Troyes is credited with inventing the modern novel. The roots of his influential Arthurian romance narratives remain the subject of investigation and great debate among medieval scholars. In From Plato to Lancelot, K. Sara-Jane Murray makes a highly original and profoundly significant contribution to the current scholarship by locating Chr tien's work at the intersection of two important traditions: one derived from Greco-Roman antiquity, the other from the Celtic world of the Atlantic seaboard. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDrawing on a broad range of sources, from Plato's \u003ci\u003eTimaeus\u003c\/i\u003e and Ovid's \u003ci\u003eMetamorphoses\u003c\/i\u003e to the anonymous Lais translated in the twelfth century by Marie de France, Murray demonstrates that Chr tien and his contemporaries learned the importance of translation from the Mediterranean-centered classical tradition. She then turns to the Celtic world, examining how Irish monastic scholarship, as demonstrated by the \u003ci\u003eVoyage of St. Brendan \u003c\/i\u003eand Celtic saints' lives, profoundly influenced the cultural identity of medieval Europe and paved the way for an interest in Celtic stories and legends. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith breathtaking insight and lucid prose, Murray illustrates that Chr tien's singular genius lay in his ability to look to the future and to lay the foundations for a thoroughly new, and French, tradition of vernacular storytelling.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e K. Sarah-Jane Murray\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Syracuse University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/01\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 317\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.35lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.23h x 6.41w x 1.06d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780815631606\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChronicle of Higher Education\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/04\/2008 pg. 18\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eReference and Research Bk News\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/01\/2008 pg. 305\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eK. Sarah-Jane Murray\u003c\/b\u003e is assistant professor of medieval literature and French in the Honors College at Baylor University. She has published widely on Old French and medieval literature in venues such as the \u003ci\u003ePhilological Quarterly, Romance Quarterly, Oeuvres et Critique, Explicator, Cahiers de civilisation médiévale, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eFlorilegium.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Syracuse University Press","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":40414650040435,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":40.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_66e3624f-1841-4a5a-a270-dd86b4c2ff4e.jpg?v=1662213338","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/from-plato-to-lancelot-a-preface-to-chretien-de-troyes-9780815631606","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}