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From:Supernatural Literature (Vol. 2: Magic. )Marie de France Lanval, one of the longest lais—lyrical, narrative poems—of the twelfth-century poet Marie de France, was most likely composed sometime in the late twelfth century and tells the tale of the knight...Found in Gale Literature Resource Center
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From:Studies in French Language and Mediaeval Literature, Presented to Professor Mildred K. PopeIN a recent article in Romania (LIX, 351) Professor Hœpffner gave his reasons for tracing in Marie's lai de Lanval imitations of the roman de Thèbes. Among the nine or ten passages which constitute the evidence, he...Found in Gale Literature: LitFinder
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From: Comitatus[(essay date 1974) In the following essay, Hodgson discusses Marie's use of the supernatural in her lais to highlight the conflict between society and love that her characters face.] Much of the critical attention...Found in Gale Literature Resource Center
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From: Modern Philology[(essay date 1915) In the following essay, Cross locates the origins of Marie de France’s lay of “Lanval” and the unattributed lay of “Graelent” in “Celtic tales in which the fée seeks out her lover in the land of...Found in Gale Literature Resource Center
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From: Discourses on Love, Marriage, and Transgression in Medieval and Early Modern Literature[(essay date 2004) In the following essay, Jambeck studies the lay "Lanval," discussing Marie's manipulation of mythic and legal discourse to show the difference between private and public love in twelfth-century...Found in Gale Literature Resource Center
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From: Romance Notes[(essay date 1994) In the following essay, Kinoshita argues that in the lai "Lanval," the title character's ultimate rejection of chivalric society is an expression of Marie de France's feminism.] In any discussion of...Found in Gale Literature Resource Center
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From: Cançon Legiere a Chanter': Essays on Old French Literature in Honor of Samuel N. Rosenberg[(essay date 2007) In the following essay, Clark studies "discordant sexuality" in "Lanval" by reevaluating the text in light of medieval history, which, according to the critic, has been mediated by a tradition of...Found in Gale Literature Resource Center
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From: Studies in the Age of Chaucer[(essay date 1990) In the following essay, Spearing considers the way Marie de France’s lays “Le Fresne” and “Lanval” were adapted by later writers in fourteenth century.] Of the dozen or more short romances in English...Found in Gale Literature Resource Center
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From: The Anonymous Marie de France[(essay date 2003) In the following excerpt, Bloch first describes in general terms how the language of the Lais actually mimics its themes. He then illustrates this thesis with respect to the elements of feudal...Found in Gale Literature Resource Center
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From: Reading Medieval Culture: Essays in Honor of Robert W. Hanning[(essay date 2005) In the following essay, Leicester contends that Marie's lays sequentially and cumulatively demythologize romance through the intrusion of medieval social convention and public opinion in the "voice of...Found in Gale Literature Resource Center
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From: French Studies[(essay date 1983) In the following essay, Burgess observes that most of the characters in Marie's Lais belong to the upper classes, and thus issues of loyalty, service, and expertise in battle and hunting predominate.]...Found in Gale Literature Resource Center
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From: Marie de France: The Lays Gugemar, Lanval and a Fragment of Yonec, with a Study of the Life and Work of the Author[(essay date 1930) In the following essay, Harris discusses the development of the lay-writing tradition, identifying the various influences on the genre and placing Marie’s works in that tradition.] Where did Marie...Found in Gale Literature Resource Center
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From: Romanic Review[(essay date 1980) In the following essay, Sturges contends that readers of Marie's Lais are obliged by the structure of the Lais themselves to interpret the words and to become immersed in the stories as attempts at...Found in Gale Literature Resource Center
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From: French Forum[(essay date 1988) In the following essay, Brumlik shows how "Guigemar" is different from conventional love lais.] The opening lines of Marie's "Guigemar" expand upon the hero's place in a serious "this-worldly" world...Found in Gale Literature Resource Center
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From: Sexuality in the Middle Ages and Early Modern Times: New Approaches to a Fundamental Cultural-Historical and Literary-Anthropological Theme[(essay date 2008) In the following essay, Kelly examines the “diverse and often contradictory” connotations of sex and fertility portrayed by Marie de France in eight of her lays.] In medieval courtly literature, it...Found in Gale Literature Resource Center
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From: De Sens Rassis': Essays in Honor of Rupert T. Pickens[(essay date 2005) In the following essay, Mickel contends that Marie uses dialogue and monologue in the Lais for several purposes: to heighten the drama of urgent or dangerous situations, to enhance characterization,...Found in Gale Literature Resource Center
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From: The Flight from Desire: Augustine and Ovid to Chaucer[(essay date 2006) In the following excerpt, Edwards explores the influence of Ovid on Marie's lays, showing how she reconstitutes Ovid's third phase of lovemaking--keeping the lover--into a discourse of frustrated...Found in Gale Literature Resource Center
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From: The Power of a Woman’s Voice in Medieval and Early Modern Literatures: New Approaches to German and European Women Writers and to Violence against Women in Premodern Times[(essay date 2007) In the following essays, Classen analyzes Marie de France’s writings for the “insights in her ideas, concepts, and perceptions of women’s life.” Classen then discusses literary treatments of domestic...Found in Gale Literature Resource Center
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From: Dalhousie French Studies[(essay date winter 2002) In the essay below, Arden speculates on Marie's motives for rejecting the peaceful solutions to love's dilemmas devised by her female characters in favor of the antagonistic, often violent,...Found in Gale Literature Resource Center
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From: Romance Notes[(essay date 1980) In the following essay, Harrison suggests that in her lais and fables, Marie is not interested in plant and animal lore except insofar as it can be used to symbolize or reflect upon human behavior.]...Found in Gale Literature Resource Center