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

The Arthur of the Italians: The Arthurian Legend in Medieval Italian Literature and Culture
ISBN-10
1783161582
ISBN-13
9781783161584
Category
Literary Criticism
Language
English
Published
2014-04-15
Publisher
University of Wales Press

Description

This is the first comprehensive book on the Arthurian legend in medieval and Renaissance Italy since Edmund Gardner’s 1930 The Arthurian Legend in Italian Literature. Arthurian material reached all levels of Italian society, from princely courts with their luxury books and frescoed palaces, to the merchant classes and even popular audiences in the piazza, which enjoyed shorter retellings in verse and prose. Unique assemblages emerge on Italian soil, such as the Compilation of Rustichello da Pisa or the innovative Tavola Ritonda, in versions made for both Tuscany and the Po Valley.

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