The Legend of Sir Lancelot du Lac Studies upon its Origin, Development, and Position in the Arthurian Romantic Cycle

We have now reached the final stage of our _Lancelot_ studies, and it only remains for us to gather up the threads of the previous investigation, and to endeavour to formulate t...

At the stage which we have now reached in our examination of the _Lancelot_ legend, it is, I think, imperative to form a clear idea of the position which, in the great body of A...

We now reach a very important point in our investigation. The _Lancelot_ section of Malory is not only so much condensed, but also so fragmentary in character, and, apparently,...

We now approach the most difficult and complicated part of an exceptionally difficult and complicated question; rather, to be more accurate, we are now confronted with the union...

The origin of the name _Lancelot_ has been a subject of considerable debate among scholars, and has given rise to the most widely differing explanations. M. de la Villemarqué, w...

[107] 'En verité ce varlet n'est mye bien sage, ou il a este mal enseigné.' Yvain suggests that a woman has forbidden him to tell his name (which might be compared with _Parziva...

In the previous chapter I remarked that the time, and the material, for a really critical study of the prose _Lancelot_ were not yet ripe, and that I should, therefore, confine...

With the poem, the title of which heads this chapter, we reach a fresh stage in the Lancelot tradition, and one which, though it has already been the subject of acute and schola...

It will be seen from the above brief summary that the =D. L.= presents many features of great interest for the student of the Arthurian story, but so far, with the exception of...

This, the final section of the _Lancelot_ cycle, offers less opportunity for criticism. The versions of =D. L.= and =1533=, though still closely in accord with each other, diffe...

Before examining Chrétien's poem of the _Charrette_, which, whatever the date of composition, belongs by the nature of its contents to the later stages of Arthurian tradition, i...

In the preceding chapters we have examined certain romances of the _Lancelot_ cycle lying outside the great prose compilation which represents its final form. The _popular_ 'Lan...

To the great majority of English readers, those who are familiar with the Arthurian legend through the pages of Malory and Tennyson, the name which occurs most readily to their...

[217] This adventure of the Perilous Cemetery is one of the 'cross-references' to which I have referred earlier. It is mentioned both in _G. S. Graal_ and _Queste_. The wording...

In the previous chapters we have examined, so far as the material at our disposal permitted, the _Lancelot_ legend in its gradual evolution from a collection of scattered tales,...

cure. Here =D. L.= agrees with =M.= in saying that Lancelot strikes the shield as if X. knights did it, whereas both =S.= and =1533= give XII. Later on =D. L.= is alone against...

of the prose _Lancelot_, _i.e._ the _Enfances_, _Galehault_, and _Charrette_ portions are not included.[160] The first 36,000 lines follow the course of the _Lancelot_; at line...

Condition of Arthurian tradition when Chrétien wrote--No longer purely oral--Necessity for understanding what is involved in oral transmission--Mr. Hartland's evidence on this p...

Necessity of examining _all_ the existing MSS. before a critical study of the legend can be attempted--Present studies concerned only with leading points of story, and certain v...

in detail further on; it extends to over 11,000 ll. The remainder of the book is occupied by a group of important episodic romances, some of which are found nowhere else. They a...

Conclusion--General agreement of the first four against the last two--The former representing a superior family of texts--Malory's source an _Agravain-Queste_ MS. belonging to s...

Relation between Chrétien's poem and other versions--Malory's version cannot be proved to be drawn from prose _Lancelot_-- _Iwein_ certainly independent of _Charrette_--_Parziva...