Court in Medieval European Literature / Tether, Leah / McFadyen, Johnny -- Section I. The Context of Arthurian Romance -- Historical Context: The Middle Ages and the Code of Chivalry / Rouse, Robert -- The International Arthurian Society and Arthurian Scholarship / Rayner, Samantha J. -- The Evolution of the Critical Canon / Byrne, Aisling -- Text-Types and Formal Features / Moran, Patrick -- The Arthur-Figure / Meyer, Matthias -- The Manuscript Context of Arthurian Romance / Busby, Keith -- Readership and Audience / Besamusca, Bart -- Section II. Approaching Arthurian Romance: Theories and Key Terms -- Chronology, Anachronism and Translatio Imperii / Rikhardsdottir, Sif -- Historiography: Fictionality vs. Factuality / Fulton, Helen -- Rewriting: Translation, Continuation and Adaptation / Taylor, Jane H.M. -- Intertextuality / Hogenbirk, Marjolein -- New Philology/Manuscript Studies / Eriksen, Stefka G. -- Text and Image / Stones, Alison -- Material Studies / Johnston, Andrew James -- The Natural World / Ferlampin-Acher, Christine -- Gender/Queer Studies / Larrington, Carolyne -- Orality, Literacy and Performativity of Arthurian Texts / Trachsler, Richard -- Medievalism / Elliott, Andrew B.R. -- Post-Colonial Studies / Lynch, Andrew -- Section III. Reading Arthurian Romances: Content, Method and Context -- Heinrich von dem Türlin's Diu Crône: Life at the Arthurian Court / Kragl, Florian -- Herr Ivan: Chivalric Values and Negotiations of Identity / Lodén, Sofia -- La Tavola Ritonda: Magic and the Supernatural / Murgia, Giulia -- Chrétien de Troyes' Lancelot, ou le Chevalier de la charrette: Courtly Love / Hinton, Thomas -- Sir Percyvell of Galles: A Quest for Values / Radulescu, Raluca L. -- Peredur son of Efrawg: The Question of Translation and/or Adaptation / Morgans, Lowri -- The Roman van Walewein and Moriaen: Travelling through Landscapes and Foreign Countries / Brandsma, Frank -- The Iberian Post-Vulgate Cycle: Cyclicity in Translation / Gracia, Paloma -- Wolfram von Eschenbach's Parzival: Searching for the Grail / Stolz, Michael -- Chrétien de Troyes' Erec et Enide: Women in Arthurian Romance / Campbell, Laura Chuhan -- Merlin: Christian Ethics and the Question of Shame / Griffith, Gareth -- De ortu Walwanii and Historia Meriadoci: Technologies in/of Romance / Echard, Siân -- Jaufre: Genre Boundaries and Ambiguity / Lee, Charmaine -- Index |