{"product_id":"artist-at-work-9780871690166","title":"Artist at Work","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrench author Chretien de Troyes is now firmly estabished as the most important vernacular writer of the 12th-century renaissance. Chretien, a native of Troyes in Champagne, was patronized by two powerful nobles \u0026amp; was thus well placed to compose the courtly lit. that characterized his time. His works include the earliest known Arthurian romance; the earliest \u0026amp; most sustained commentary on the Legend of Tristan \u0026amp; Iseut; the earliest known version of the story of Lancelot \u0026amp; Guinevere; \u0026amp; the earliest known romance about the Grail. Contents of this study: (1) “Erec et Enide”: The Norms of the Narrative; The Rejection of the “Marvellous”; \u0026amp; The Problem of Narrative Continuity; (2) “Cliges”: The Technique of Alternation; The Technique of Displacement; \u0026amp; The Silence of Soredamors; (3) Lancelot: “Le Chevalier de la Charrette”: Internalizing the Narrative; The Manipulation of Obstacles; \u0026amp; The Adaptation of Roles; (3) Yvain: “Le Chevalier au Lion”: Externalizing the Narrative; The Delicate Balance; \u0026amp; The Disappearance of the Omniscient Narrator”; (4) Conclusion; \u0026amp; (5) Bibliography.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Evelyn Mullally","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48291980640507,"sku":"9780871690166","price":45.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0779\/3917\/9771\/files\/CoreSourceHub_6ed115fc-f3d7-4c94-bbb5-491fe1cdd504.jpg?v=1771587438","url":"https:\/\/indiepubs.com\/products\/artist-at-work-9780871690166","provider":"IndiePubs","version":"1.0","type":"link"}