Embodied character and the medieval novel : a study of "Lancelot" (c. 1220)
Abstract/Contents
- Abstract
- When "Lancelot" was composed in the first decades of the thirteenth century, it was the first large-scale work of vernacular prose fiction in the post-classical West. Despite its inauguration of a form which has endured for the last eight centuries, it has received scant attention from historians and theorists of the novel. This study argues for a reconsideration of its relevance, grounded in an excavation of its innovations in the treatment of character. Instead of arguing that Lancelot offers a primitive form of the characters we find in novels today, I show how its representation of human nature anchors character complexity in the body in unique ways.
Description
| Type of resource | text |
|---|---|
| Form | electronic resource; remote; computer; online resource |
| Extent | 1 online resource. |
| Place | California |
| Place | [Stanford, California] |
| Publisher | [Stanford University] |
| Copyright date | 2022; ©2022 |
| Publication date | 2022; 2022 |
| Issuance | monographic |
| Language | English |
Creators/Contributors
| Author | Penner, Madeleine Elizabeth |
|---|---|
| Degree supervisor | Algee-Hewitt, Mark |
| Degree supervisor | Starkey, Kathryn |
| Thesis advisor | Algee-Hewitt, Mark |
| Thesis advisor | Starkey, Kathryn |
| Thesis advisor | Galvez, Marisa |
| Thesis advisor | Griffiths, Fiona J |
| Degree committee member | Galvez, Marisa |
| Degree committee member | Griffiths, Fiona J |
| Associated with | Stanford University, Department of Comparative Literature |
Subjects
| Genre | Theses |
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| Genre | Text |
Bibliographic information
| Statement of responsibility | Mae Velloso-Lyons. |
|---|---|
| Note | Submitted to the Department of Comparative Literature. |
| Thesis | Thesis Ph.D. Stanford University 2022. |
| Location | https://purl.stanford.edu/cy792rj2370 |
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- © 2022 by Madeleine Elizabeth Penner
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