In a atemporal space where the real and the fantastic intertwine, the heroes of Chretien de Troyes represent projections of an ideal personality. Their symbolic quest is but means of individuation, since, through voyage, ...

Christine de Pisan fit son entree dans la litterature par la porte de la necessite, mais cette orientation fut en meme temps le fruit d'un choix, celui d'un poete sentant venir en lui le flot poetique et le desir de ...

Numerous studies have been devoted to the Lays of Marie de France, but few consider the Lays as a cohesive unity. Most critics deal only with one theme or one aspect of the Lays or examine each lay as a separate entity. Drawing ...