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- Title
Cu Chulainn and Yvain: The Love Hero in Early Irish and Old French Literature.
- Authors
Cormier, Raymond J.
- Abstract
Compares the love heroes in early Irish and old French literature, focusing on the tales 'Yvain: The Knight of the Lion' and 'The Wasting-Sickness of Cu Chulainn.' Two parts of the action-adventure in the Cu Chulainn tale; Implications of the aristocratic setting and bearing of characters of the tales on historical reality; Characterization of the love hero in French literature.
- Subjects
ADVENTURE stories; IRISH fiction; YWAIN (Legendary character); CUCHULAIN (Legendary character); ROMANCE language fiction; LITERARY characters
- Publication
Studies in Philology, 1975, Vol 72, Issue 2, p115
- ISSN
0039-3738
- Publication type
Literary Criticism