The Legacy of Courtly Literature: From Medieval to Contemporary Culture (Arthurian and Courtly Cultures)

Annotation This fascinating volume examines the enduring influence of courtly tradition and courtly love, particularly in contemporary popular culture. The ten chapters explore topics including the impact of the medieval troubadour in modern love songs, the legacy of figures such as Tristan, Iseult, Lancelot, Guinevere, and Merlin in modern film and literature, and more generally, how courtly and chivalric conceptions of love have shaped the Western world's conception of love, loyalty, honor, and adultery throughout history and to this day Front Matter ....Pages i-ix Introduction (Rouben Cholakian, Deborah Nelson-Campbell)....Pages 1-8 The Arthurian Knight Remythified Ovidian: The Failures of Courtly Love in Three Late Medieval Glosses (Jane Chance)....Pages 9-37 Shakespeare’s The Merry Wives of Windsor and the Fabliau (Carol F. Heffernan)....Pages 39-51 Villon’s Dreams of the Courtly (Rupert T. Pickens)....Pages 53-76 “You Make Me Want to Be a Better Man”: Courtly Values Revived in Modern Film (Raymond J. Cormier)....Pages 77-88 From Marie de France to J.K. Rowling: The Weasel (Carol Dover)....Pages 89-111 Courtly Literature: “Yesterday” is Today (Beverly J. Evans)....Pages 113-129 Variations on a Transcultural Phenomenon: The Potion Scene in Four Film Versions of the Legend of Tristan and Iseult (Joan Tasker Grimbert)....Pages 131-147 The Musical Incongruities of Time Travel in Arthurian Film (John Haines)....Pages 149-172 The Fool and the Wise Man: The Legacy of the Two Merlins in Modern Culture (Natalia I. Petrovskaia)....Pages 173-203 A Legacy of Japanese Courtly Literature: The Imperial New Year Poetry Recitation Party (Yuko Tagaya)....Pages 205-219 Back Matter ....Pages 221-236 Deborah Nelson-campbell, Rouben Cholakian, Editors Includes Bibliographical References (pages 221-224) And Index.