Medieval Narrative: A Symposium

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Proceedings of the Third International Symposium organized by the Centre for the Study of Vernacular Literature in the Middle Ages. Held at Odense University on 20-21 November 1978.

Author(s): Hans Bekker-Nielsen, Peter Foote, Andreas Haarder, Preben Meulengracht Sørensen (eds.)
Publisher: Odense University Press
Year: 1979

Language: English
Pages: 140
City: Odense

Preface 7
Tabu in early Irish narrative / David Greene 9
Early Icelandic imaginative literature / Hermann Pálsson 20
The Moralisation of the fable: from Æsop to Romulus / Morten Nøjgaard 31
The emancipation of story in the twelfth century / G. T. Shepherd 44
The narrative art of Beowulf / E. G. Stanley 58
Trajectory of the hero: Gauvain paragon of chivalry 1130-1230 / Per Nykrog 82
The double scene of Arrow-Odd’s drinking contest / Lars Lönnroth 94
Varieties of tradition in medieval narrative / Robert Kellogg 120
Discussion 130
Members and associate members of the Symposium 136