Modern Retellings of Chivalric Texts
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ISBN: 1840146125 / Publisher: Ashgate Pub Ltd, January 1999
Ten essays explore why modern authors have taken certain medieval works as models for their literary...
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Ten essays explore why modern authors have taken certain medieval works as models for their literary, theatrical, or cinematic endeavors, and how the modern retellings reflect the misreading or rereading of the original. They shy away from the much-studied Arthurian material and focus more on the Carolingian cycle epic. Among the studies are Tristan in Moderato cantabile ; the Lady of Shalott in Malory, Tennyson, Zelazny, and Pynchon; and Spensor in Ralph Ellison's Invisible Man . Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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