The Arthur of the Italians: The Arthurian Legend in Medieval Italian Literature and Culture

313 Pages·2014·1.72 MB·English

by  Gloria Allaire, F. Regina Psaki

THE ARTHUR OF THE ITALIANS
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ARTHURIAN LITERATURE IN THE MIDDLE AGES
VII
THE ARTHUR OF
THE ITALIANS
THE ARTHURIAN LEGEND IN MEDIEVAL ITALIAN
LITERATURE AND CULTURE
edited by
Gloria Allaire and F. Regina Psaki
CARDIFF
UNIVERSITY OF WALES PRESS
2014
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ARTHURIAN LITERATURE IN THE MIDDLE AGES
Series Editor
Ad Putter
I The Arthur of the Welsh, Edited by Rachel Bromwich, A. O. H. Jarman
and Brynley F. Roberts (Cardiff, 1991)
II The Arthur of the English, Edited by W. R. J. Barron (Cardiff, 1999)
III The Arthur of the Germans, Edited by W. H. Jackson and S. A.
Ranawake (Cardiff, 2000)
IV The Arthur of the French, Edited by Glyn S. Burgess and Karen Pratt
(Cardiff, 2006)
V The Arthur of the North, Edited by Marianne E. Kalinke (Cardiff,
2011)
VI The Arthur of Medieval Latin Literature, Edited by Siân Echard
(Cardiff, 2011)
VII The Arthur of the Italians, Edited by Gloria Allaire and F. Regina
Psaki (Cardiff, 2014)
CONTENTS
Preface ix
Ad Putter
The Contributors xi
Abbreviations xiii
Introduction: The Arthur of the Italians 1
F. Regina Psaki
Part One
France and Italy
1 Arthuriana in the Italian Regions of Medieval Francophonia 11
Keith Busby
2 French Redactions in Italy: Rustichello da Pisa 21
Fabrizio Cigni
3 From France to Italy: The Tristan Texts 41
Marie- José Heijkant
4 The Italian Contribution: La Tavola Ritonda 69
Daniela Delcorno Branca
Part Two
Arthurian Material in Italian Narrative Forms
5 Narrative Structure in Medieval Italian Arthurian Romance 91
Stefano Mula
6 Arthurian Material in Italian Cantari 105
Maria Bendinelli Predelli
7 Arthur as Renaissance Epic 121
Eleonora Stoppino
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Part Three
Arthur beyond Romance
8 The Arthurian Presence in Early Italian Lyric 133
Roberta Capelli
9 Arthur in Medieval Italian Short Narrative 145
F. Regina Psaki
10 The Arthurian Tradition in the Three Crowns 158
Christopher Kleinhenz
Part Four
Arthur beyond Literature
11 Arthur in Hagiography: The Legend of San Galgano 179
Franco Cardini
12 Owners and Readers of Arthurian Books in Italy 190
Gloria Allaire
13 Arthurian Art in Italy 205
Gloria Allaire
14 Arthurian Art References 233
Gloria Allaire
Bibliography: Primary Texts 247
Gloria Allaire
Bibliography: Studies 254
Gloria Allaire
Index of Manuscripts 281
General Index 284
PREFACE
This book forms part of the ongoing series Arthurian Literature in the Middle Ages.
The purpose of the series is to provide a comprehensive and reliable survey of
Arthurian writings in all their cultural and generic variety. For many years, the
single- volume Arthur in the Middle Ages: A Collaborative History (ed. R. S. Loomis,
Oxford, 1959) served the needs of students and scholars of Arthurian literature admi-
rably, but it has now been overtaken by advances in scholarship and by changes in
critical perspectives and methodologies. The Vinaver Trust recognized the need for a
fresh and u p- to- date survey, and decided that several volumes were required to do jus-
tice to the distinctive contributions made to Arthurian literature by the various cultures
of medieval Europe.
The series is mainly aimed at undergraduate and postgraduate students and at
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over the shape and content of their individual volumes.
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