Overview

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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Author:   F. Regina Psaki ,  Gloria Allaire
Publisher:   University of Wales Press
Imprint:   University of Wales Press
Dimensions:   Width: 16.80cm , Height: 3.30cm , Length: 24.20cm
Weight:   0.748kg
ISBN:  

9781783160501

ISBN 10:   1783160500
Pages:   352
Publication Date:   15 April 2014
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Introduction F. Regina Psaki Part One France and Italy 1 Arthuriana in the Italian Regions of Medieval Francophonia Keith Busby 2 French Redactions in Italy: Rustichello da Pisa Fabrizio Cigni 3 From France to Italy: The Tristan Texts Marie-Jose Heijkant 4 The Italian Contribution: La Tavola Ritonda Daniela Delcorno Branca Part Two Arthurian Material in Italian Narrative Forms 5 Narrative Structure in Medieval Italian Arthurian Romance Stefano Mula 6 Arthurian Material in Italian Cantari Maria Bendinelli Predelli 7 Arthur as Renaissance Epic Eleanora Stoppino Part Three Arthur Beyond Romance 8 The Arthurian Presence in Early Italian Lyric Roberta Capelli 9 Arthur in Medieval Italian Short Narrative F. Regina Psaki 10 The Arthurian Tradition in the Three Crowns Christopher Kleinhenz Part Four Arthur Beyond Literature 11 Arthur in Hagiography: The San Galgano Legend Franco Cardini 12 Owners and Readers of Arthurian Books in Italy Gloria Allaire 13 Arthurian Art in Italy Gloria Allaire Reference List: Arthurian Art in Italy Gloria Allaire

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With this volume, Psaki and Allaire elevate the 'third tier' of Arthurian literature to appropriate preeminence. Too long neglected, Italian Arthuriana is now for the first time in English given the scholarly introduction it deserves. A groundbreaking contribution to Arthurian scholarship, this volume should be essential reading for all students of the corpus. --Donald Hoffman, Northeastern Illinois University

"""Finally, a volume in English about the Arthurian legend in Italy. This will be a welcome addition not only to the libraries of Italianists but also to those of medievalists, comparatists, and general readers. New editions of texts as well as manuscript and artistic discoveries long ago outdated the few short chapters in English about Italian Arthuriana published in large part in the early to mid-twentieth century. This volume, with its broad range of interdisciplinary studies and up-to-date bibliography, will be an essential point of departure for future research in the field.""--Leslie Zarker Morgan, Loyola University Maryland ""With this volume, Psaki and Allaire elevate the 'third tier' of Arthurian literature to appropriate preeminence. Too long neglected, Italian Arthuriana is now for the first time in English given the scholarly introduction it deserves. A groundbreaking contribution to Arthurian scholarship, this volume should be essential reading for all students of the corpus.""--Donald Hoffman, Northeastern Illinois University"

Author Information

F. Regina Psaki is the Giustina Family Professor of Italian Language and Literature at the University of Oregon. She has translated three medieval romances: Tristano Riccardiano (2006), the Roman de la Rose ou de Guillaume de Dole (1995) and the Roman de Silence (1991). She also works on Dante, Boccaccio and medieval misogyny. Gloria Allaire is Senior Lecturer in Italian at the University of Kentucky. She is the author of numerous articles and contributions on Italian manuscripts, chivalric epic and romance. Her edited books include Il Tristano Panciatichiano and The Italian Novella.

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