The Legend of Sir Lancelot du Lac
en's poems an im
urian legend partly historic, partly romantic-
reater extent and of wider diffusion than supposed-E
c tradition-Former of strongly marked Celtic-Irish cha
s involved in oral transmission-Mr. Hartland's evidence on this point-The Breton lais folk-lore in character-
and a different method of criticism from that applicable to tales of purely literary invention-Professor Foe
tatements made elsewhere by Chrétien-Strong probability that the tale,
n, and Perceval probably an impor
Chrétien's poems eviden
ms and the Welsh versions-Resemblance do
esent investigation, and their bearing upon pos