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Acknowledgements; Introduction; Part I. The Response to Chretien:Tradition and Innovation in Arthurian Romance: 1. The stigma of decadence; 2.Consolidation of the form; 3. Changes in the relationship between ideals andreality; 4. Knight or lover: Gawain as a paragon divided; 5. Old matiere, newsens: innovation in thought and content; 6. Aspects of the response toChretien: from plagiarism to nostalgia; Part II. An Historical Survey of theImpact of the Arthurian Verse Romances: 7. The popularity of Arthurian verseromances; 8. The audience; 9. Arthurian literature in French and itssignificance for England; Bibliography; Index.