Background
Kelly, Douglas was born on July 17, 1934 in Los Angeles, California, United States. Son of Fredrick Douglas and Laura Elizabeth Faye (Cochran) Kelly.
(Romance emerged in the 12th century from both oral & writ...)
Romance emerged in the 12th century from both oral & written traditions & evolved in verse & prose until by the 16th century the recognizable form of the classic novel appeared. Kelly provides a comprehensive survey of the branches & subgenres of romance. He traces the evolution & adaptation of prose & verse forms, describes the elements that characterized each of these genres, & explains their relationship to & influence on romance. He traces the development of favorite themes in medieval romance, & tales of courtly love & marvelous adventure. He introduces the literary & cultural context in which romances were written, & read.
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( Douglas Kelly provides a comprehensive and historically...)
Douglas Kelly provides a comprehensive and historically valid analysis of the art of medieval French romance as the romancers themselves describe it. He focuses on well-known writers, such as Chrétien de Troyes and Marie de France, and also draws on a wide range of other sources—prose romances, non-Arthurian romances, thirteenth-century verse romances, and variant versions from the later Middle Ages. Kelly is the first scholar to present the “art” of medieval romance to a modern audience through the interventions and comments of medieval writers themselves. The book begins by examining the difficulties scholars perceive in medieval literature: problems such as source and intertextuality, structure in its manifold modern meanings, and character psychology and individuality. These issues frame Kelly’s identification and discussion of all the known authorial interventions on the art and craft of romance. Kelly’s careful reconstruction of the “art” of romance, based on the records left by the romancers themselves, will be an invaluable resource and guide for all medievalists.
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(The "Roman de la rose" has given rise to highly divergent...)
The "Roman de la rose" has given rise to highly divergent readings since Jean de Meun completed it in the 13th century. This book interprets the "Roman de la rose" in the context of known medieval reading strategies, and contrasts it with other works, including some by Ovid and Boethius.
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( Medieval Imagination examines the poetry of courtly lov...)
Medieval Imagination examines the poetry of courtly love with unprecedented thoroughness. Douglas Kelly offers detailed analyses of numerous works within a historical, conceptual, and artistic framework to establish the underlying concept of Imagination in courtly poetry. He capitalizes the term to underscore its medieval sense: the poet’s invention of significant images to represent a certain conception of truth. Imagination, thus, in its metaphorical sense of providing an idea with a suitable representation in an image, permitted an allegory of love in romance and dream vision from the twelfth century on. The techniques employed in Imagination—allegory, personification, metonymy, synecdoche—are analyzed in detail as amplification. In addition to his complete coverage of the better-known poets like Guillaume de Lorris, Machaut, and Froissart, Kelly examines the work of such rarely treated writers as René d’Anjou and Oton de Grandson, as well as the Echecs amoureux and related medieval Latin writings. The concluding chapters including Charles d’Orléans, Chartier, and Christine de Pisan. The later chapters are a rare boon to French scholars in providing a survey of Middle French courtly literature, a little-explored area of scholarship. Kelly’s documentation is a fresh and useful contribution to the interpretation of this too-often neglected period.The flower of medieval French culture, the poetry of courtly love, is examined with an unprecedented thoroughness in this work. Douglas Kelly offers detailed analyses of numerous works within a historical, conceptual, and artistic framework.
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medieval and foreign literature educator
Kelly, Douglas was born on July 17, 1934 in Los Angeles, California, United States. Son of Fredrick Douglas and Laura Elizabeth Faye (Cochran) Kelly.
Bachelor, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, 1956; Master of Arts, University of Wisconsin, 1959; Doctor of Philosophy, University of Wisconsin, 1962.
Instructor, University of Wisconsin, Madison, 1962-1964; assistant professor, University of Wisconsin, Madison, 1964-1966; associate professor, University of Wisconsin, Madison, 1966-1970; professor, University of Wisconsin, Madison, since 1970; professor, Julian E. Harris, Madison, since 1985.
(The Medieval Opus is a broad but detailed study of the ar...)
(Romance emerged in the 12th century from both oral & writ...)
( Douglas Kelly provides a comprehensive and historically...)
(The "Roman de la rose" has given rise to highly divergent...)
( Medieval Imagination examines the poetry of courtly lov...)
Member International Courtly Literature Society (international president 1983-1989, honorary president since 1989), Societe Internationale Arthurienne (vice president 1981-1984, secretary 1984-1993, Prix Escalibur award), Society for the History of Rhetoric, Medieval Academy American, Modern Language Association American, International Society Classical Tradition.
Married Borghild Hildur Elisabeth Rombach, June 26, 1957 (divorced 1977). Children: Stephen Rombach, David James. Married Sandra Lorraine Ness, February 7, 1981.
1 stepchild, Geoffrey Ness Ihle.