The Arthur of the Low Countries (Web PDF) von Bart Besamusca

This book provides a comprehensive and informed survey of Arthurian literature in Dutch, aimed at readers who want to learn about the Arthurian tradition as it took shape in a language and culture with which they are not yet familiar.

PrefaceAcknowledgementsThe ContributorsAbbreviationsGuidelines for the ReaderIntroduction - Bart Besamusca and Frank Brandsma1 The Cultural and Historical Context of the Low Countries -Bram Caers and Mike Kestemont2 French Arthurian Literature in the Low Countries - Keith Busby and Martine Meuwese3 The Manuscripts - Bart Besamusca4 King Arthur in the Historiography of the Low Countries - Thea Summerfield5 Translations and Adaptations of French Verse Romances: Tristant, Wrake van Ragisel, Ferguut, Perchevael, Torec - Marjolein Hogenbirk and David F. Johnson6 Indigenous Arthurian Romances: Walewein, Moriaen, Ridder metter mouwen, Walewein ende Keye, Lanceloet en het hert met de witte voet - Simon Smith and Roel Zemel7 Translations and Adaptations of French Prose Romances, Including the Lancelot Compilation - Frank Brandsma8 Arthurian Literature of the Rhineland - Jürgen Wolf9 The Arthurian Legacy - Geert van IerselGeneral BibliographyIndex of ManuscriptsGeneral Index