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Norris J. Lacy

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Norris J. Lacy is an American scholar focusing on French medieval literature. He is the Edwin Erle Sparks Professor Emeritus of French and Medieval Studies at the Pennsylvania State University. He is a leading expert on the Arthurian legend and has written and edited numerous books, papers, and articles on the topic. In 2014 the International Arthurian Society, North American Branch, presented him an award for Lifetime Service to Arthurian Studies.

He received his Ph.D. from Indiana University and has held teaching positions at the University of Kansas, the University of California, Los Angeles, and Washington University in St. Louis. He has served as president of the International Arthurian Society. With Geoffrey Ashe he wrote The Arthurian Handbook, and he edited The Arthurian Encyclopedia and its successor, The New Arthurian Encyclopedia, a standard reference book for Arthurian works. He also oversaw the first complete English translation of the French Vulgate and Post-Vulgate Cycles, released as the five-volume Lancelot-Grail: The Old French Arthurian Vulgate and Post-Vulgate in Translation.

Norris J. Lacy

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Norris J. Lacy is an American scholar focusing on French medieval literature. He is the Edwin Erle Sparks Professor Emeritus of French and Medieval Studies at the Pennsylvania State University. He is a leading expert on the Arthurian legend and has written and edited numerous books, papers, and articles on the topic. In 2014 the International Arthurian Society, North American Branch, presented him an award for Lifetime Service to Arthurian Studies.

He received his Ph.D. from Indiana University and has held teaching positions at the University of Kansas, the University of California, Los Angeles, and Washington University in St. Louis. He has served as president of the International Arthurian Society. With Geoffrey Ashe he wrote The Arthurian Handbook, and he edited The Arthurian Encyclopedia and its successor, The New Arthurian Encyclopedia, a standard reference book for Arthurian works. He also oversaw the first complete English translation of the French Vulgate and Post-Vulgate Cycles, released as the five-volume Lancelot-Grail: The Old French Arthurian Vulgate and Post-Vulgate in Translation.

Books from Norris J. Lacy

The Arthurian Encyclopedia

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The Romance of Arthur: An Anthology of Medieval Texts in Translation

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The Arthurian Handbook

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The Lancelot-Grail Reader: Selections from the Medieval French Arthurian Cycle

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Arthurian Women: A Casebook

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Lancelot-Grail: The Old French Arthurian Vulgate and Post-Vulgate in Translation, Volume 7: The Death of Arthur

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Lancelot-Grail: The Old French Arthurian Vulgate and Post-Vulgate in Translation, Volume 6: The Quest for the Holy Grail

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Lancelot-Grail: The Old French Arthurian Vulgate and Post-Vulgate in Translation, Volume 4: The Quest for the Holy Grail, The Death of Arthur, and The Post-Vulgate, Part I: The Merlin Continuation

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Lancelot-Grail: The Old French Arthurian Vulgate and Post-Vulgate in Translation

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Lancelot-Grail: The Old French Arthurian Vulgate and Post-Vulgate in Translation, Volume 3: Lancelot Parts IV-VI

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King Arthur in Popular Culture

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Lancelot-Grail: The Old French Arthurian Vulgate and Post-Vulgate in Translation, Volume 10: Chapter Summaries for the Vulgate and Post-Vulgate Cycles and Index of Proper Names

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Lancelot-Grail: The Old French Arthurian Vulgate and Post-Vulgate in Translation, Volume 9: The Post-Vulgate Cycle: The Quest for the Holy Grail and The Death of Arthur

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Perceval/Parzival: A Casebook

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"moult a Sans Et Vallour": Studies in Medieval French Literature in Honor of William W. Kibler

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Medieval Arthurian Literature: A Guide to Recent Research

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Text and Intertext in Medieval Arthurian Literature

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Poetics of Love in the Middle Ages: Texts and Contexts

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Early French Tristan Poems: II

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Lancelot-Grail: The Old French Arthurian Vulgate and Post-Vulgate in Translation, Volume 3: Lancelot Parts I and II

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