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Amadis of Gaul (ăm`ədĭs), Fr. Amadis de Gaule (ämädēs` də gōl), famous prose romance of chivalry, first composed in Spain or Portugal and probably based on French sources. Entirely fictional, it dates from the 13th or 14th cent., but the first extant version in Spanish, a revision by García de Rodríguez de Montalvo, was published in 1508. The original inspired innumerable variations and continuations, as well as several translations. It was immensely popular in France and Spain until superseded by Don Quixote, and it was, indeed, a sign of inelegance not to be acquainted with its code of honor and knightly perfection. Its influence is apparent in Sir Philip Sidney's Arcadia. The story became the subject of a lyric tragedy by Philippe Quinault (1684), with music by Lully, and it inspired the opera Amadigi (1715) by Handel. Amadis of Gaul personification of chivalric ideals: valor, purity, fidelity. [Span. Lit.: Benét, 27] See : Chivalry How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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If, for example, the British
Isles were characterized in Amadis de Gaula, Tirant lo Blanch and other
Spanish works as a "romantic locale" (171) because, among
other things, of their association with King Arthur, it would have been
of interest to compare this ideal with Cartagena's Discurso
pronunciado . |
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