Conventions of Courtly Description and the Language of Art: Lancelot’s Belle Enfance in the Prose Lancelot
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23 janvier 2018
- doi: 10.4000/books.pum.7424
- isbn: 9782760627093
- eisbn: 9791036500985
https://www.openedition.org/12554 , info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess
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littérature courtoise littérature médiévale culture populaire amour courtois LIT004080 Medieval & Renaissance Studies DSBSujets proches
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Patricia Harris Stablein Gillies, « Conventions of Courtly Description and the Language of Art: Lancelot’s Belle Enfance in the Prose Lancelot », Presses de l’Université de Montréal, ID : 10.4000/books.pum.7424
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In the Dame du Lac’s courtly formation of Lancelot, she is attentive to confine the extraordinary qualities of the enfant to the shaping force of courtly models. True to convention he shows prowess in all aspects of training in courtly pursuits such as archery, horsemanship, hospitality and playing at board games. If his excellence is achieved according to these social models, his talent for riding his horse so close to the Other world of the lake, “non mie loig mais pres tozjorz,” suggests a...