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La légende arthurienne
Le Graal et la Table Ronde
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Pour les amoureux de la légende du roi Arthur et des chevaliers de la Table ronde, une armada d'universitaires, sous la direction de Danielle Régnier-Bolher (maître de conférences à l'université de Paris III, Sorbonne nouvelle), a conçu le livre qui réunit les plus grands textes européens du XIIe au XVe siècle. La préface de Danielle Régnier-Bohler situe parfaitement le phénomène arthurien dans la littérature et l'Histoire. D'emblée, le regard sur ce monde est plus averti lorsqu'il commence à découvrir la première aventure : Perceval le Gallois ou le Conte du Graal. Par ailleurs, chacune des quinze histoires bénéficie de notes, d'une bibliographie et d'une introduction, signée à chaque fois par un spécialiste différent. Ainsi peut-on faire des recoupements grâce à ces éclairages complémentaires qui interdisent une vision unique du mythe. Bien au contraire, des perspectives s'esquissent et laissent deviner les facettes qui rendent cette légende universelle. Enfin, un lexique des termes de civilisation, une table des noms propres et cartes ainsi qu'un tableau chronologique conçu par Michel Pastoureau enrichissent cette authentique encyclopédie arthurienne. Il ne reste alors qu'à se laisser glisser dans le labyrinthe merveilleux qui berça tout l'Occident et à remercier ce collectif d'érudits pour ce cadeau inestimable ! —Jean-Marc Savary Histoires évoquées : Perceval le Gallois ou le Conte du Graal Perlesvaus, le Haut Livre du Graal Merlin et Arthur : le Graal et le Royaume Le Livre de Caradoc Le Chevalier à l'épée Hunbaut La Demoiselle à la mule L'Âtre périlleux Gliglois Méraugis de Portlesguez Le Roman de Jaufré Blandin de Cornouaille Les Merveilles de Rigomer Meliador Le Chevalier au papegau

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Unknown
Author · 388 books

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Robert de Boron
Author · 4 books
Robert de Boron (also spelled in the manuscripts "Bouron", "Beron") was a French poet of the late 12th and early 13th centuries who is most notable as the author of the poems Joseph d'Arimathe and Merlin. Though little is known about him outside of the poems he allegedly wrote, his works and their subsequent prose redactions impacted later incarnations of the Arthurian legend and its prose cycles, particularly due to his Christian backstory for the Holy Grail, originally an element of Chretien de Troyes' famously-unfinished Perceval.
Raoul de Houdenc
Raoul de Houdenc
Author · 1 book

Raoul de Houdenc (or Houdan) c.1165–c.1230 was the French author of the Arthurian romance Meraugis de Portlesguez and possibly the Vengeance Raguidel. Modern scholarship suggest he is probably to be identified with one Radulfus from Hodenc-en-Bray. Raoul de Houdenc was esteemed as a master poet in the ranks of Chrétien de Troyes by Huon de Méry (Tournoi de l'antéchrist, 1226). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raoul_de...

Chretien de Troyes
Chretien de Troyes
Author · 13 books
Chrétien de Troyes, commonly regarded as the father of Arthurian romance and a key figure in Western literature, composed in French in the latter part of the twelfth century. Virtually nothing is known of his life. Possibly a native of Troyes, he enjoyed patronage there from the Countess Marie of Champagne before dedicating his last romance to Count Philip of Flanders, perhaps about 1182. His poetry is marked by a learning and a taste for dialectic acquired in Latin schools; but at the same time it reveals a warm human sympathy which breathes life into characters and situations. Whilst much of his matter is inherited from the world of Celtic myth and the events notionally unfold in the timeless reign of King Arthur, the society and customs are those of Chrétien's own day. In his last, unfinished work, Perceval, the mysterious Grail makes its first appearance in literature.
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