In the following excerpt, originally published in 1896, Ker compares Garin le Loherain with the French epic Raoul de Cambrai, assesses its notable “Death of Begon” episode, and observes ...
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In the following excerpt, Pope argues that Garin le Loherain represents a formal and stylistic break with the chanson de geste tradition, which includes the Chanson de Willelme and Chanson de Roland.
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In the following essay, Green probes possible historical sources for the treacherous figure of Fromont in Garin le Loherain and related works.
A character by the name of Fromont plays a rôle...
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In the following excerpt, Schwartz investigates the manuscript status of Garin le Loherain and its place between oral and written traditions.
In 1966 the Bancroft Library of the University of Calif...
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In the following essay, Schurfranz concentrates on the role of Thiebaut in Garin le Loherain and on links between this figure and Thiebaut de Bourges of La Chanson de Guillame.
In La Chanson de Gui...
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In the following essay, Jones analyzes the function of disguise and dissimulation as weapons used to exclude the rising bourgeoisie from the world of the aristocracy in Hervis de Mes, a thirteenth-cen...
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In the following essay, Cavanaugh suggests that a fourteenth-century text once owned by Sir Simon Burly is likely an English translation of the “Death of Begon” episode from Garin le Loh...
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In the following excerpt, Kay compares Garin le Loherain with Aye d'Avignon in order to highlight its theme of treachery spawned from an internally confused social order.
Garin Le Loheren
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Critical Essay by W. P. Ker
