'And Fall Down at His Feet': Signifying Guinevere in Chrétien's "Le Chevalier de la Charrete"

'And Fall Down at His Feet': Signifying Guinevere in Chrétien's "Le Chevalier de la Charrete"

In "The Knight of the Cart", Chrétien surrounds his protagonists with a web of symbolically charged signs. These signs, in spite of the profound significance that they have for the characters, nevertheless serve to question the poem's interpretation of its characters' identity as...

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Veröffentlicht in:Arthuriana (Dallas, Tex.) Tex.), 1996-07, Vol.6 (2), p.44-53
1. Verfasser: SEARS, THERESA ANN
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Carts
Contracts
Fate
Hair
Horses
Kings
Narrative poetry
Narrators
Poetry
Queens
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Zusammenfassung:In "The Knight of the Cart", Chrétien surrounds his protagonists with a web of symbolically charged signs. These signs, in spite of the profound significance that they have for the characters, nevertheless serve to question the poem's interpretation of its characters' identity as much as they confirm it.
ISSN:1078-6279
1934-1539
1934-1539
DOI:10.1353/art.1996.0034