Forging Chivalric Communities in Malory’s Le Morte Darthur

Forging Chivalric Communities in Malory’s Le Morte Darthur
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Publisher : Springer
Total Pages : 212
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ISBN-10 : 9781403979322
ISBN-13 : 1403979324
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Synopsis Forging Chivalric Communities in Malory’s Le Morte Darthur by : K. Hodges

Forging Chivalric Communities in Marlory's Morte D'Arthur shows that Malory treats chivalry not as a static institution but as a dynamic, continually evolving ideal. Le Morte D'arthur is structured to trace how communities and individuals adapt or create chivalric codes for their own purposes; in turn, codes of chivalry shape groups and their customs. Knights' loyalties are torn not just between lords and lovers but also between the different codes of chivalry and between different communities. Women, too, choose among the different roles they are asked to play as queens, counsellors, and even quasi-knights.

Forging Chivalric Communities in Malory’s Le Morte Darthur

Forging Chivalric Communities in Malory’s Le Morte Darthur
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Publisher : Palgrave Macmillan
Total Pages : 208
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ISBN-10 : 1403967601
ISBN-13 : 9781403967602
Rating : 4/5 (01 Downloads)

Synopsis Forging Chivalric Communities in Malory’s Le Morte Darthur by : K. Hodges

Forging Chivalric Communities in Marlory's Morte D'Arthur shows that Malory treats chivalry not as a static institution but as a dynamic, continually evolving ideal. Le Morte D'arthur is structured to trace how communities and individuals adapt or create chivalric codes for their own purposes; in turn, codes of chivalry shape groups and their customs. Knights' loyalties are torn not just between lords and lovers but also between the different codes of chivalry and between different communities. Women, too, choose among the different roles they are asked to play as queens, counsellors, and even quasi-knights.

Contested Language in Malory's Morte Darthur

Contested Language in Malory's Morte Darthur
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Publisher : Springer
Total Pages : 414
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ISBN-10 : 9781137353627
ISBN-13 : 1137353627
Rating : 4/5 (27 Downloads)

Synopsis Contested Language in Malory's Morte Darthur by : R. Lexton

Examining Malory's political language, this study offers a revisionary view of Arthur's kingship in the Morte Darthur and the role of the Round Table fellowship. Considering a range of historical and political sources, Lexton suggests that Malory used a specific lexicon to engage with contemporary problems of kingship and rule.

Women of Words in Le Morte Darthur

Women of Words in Le Morte Darthur
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Publisher : Springer
Total Pages : 210
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ISBN-10 : 9783319342047
ISBN-13 : 3319342045
Rating : 4/5 (47 Downloads)

Synopsis Women of Words in Le Morte Darthur by : Siobhán M. Wyatt

Offering a new reading of Malory’s famed text, Le Morte Darthur, this book provides the first full-length survey of the alterations Malory made to female characters in his source texts. Through detailed comparisons with both Old French and Middle English material, Siobhán M. Wyatt discusses how Malory radically altered his French and English source texts to create a gendered pattern in the reliability of speech, depicting female discourse as valuable and truthful. Malory’s authorial crafting indicates his preference for a certain “type” of female character: self-governing, opinionated, and strong. Simultaneously, the portrayal of this very readable “type” yields characterization. While late medieval court records indicate an increasingly negative attitude towards female speech and a tendency to punish vociferous women as “scolds,” Malory makes the words of chiding damsels constructive. While his contemporary writers suppress the powers of magical women, Malory empowers his enchantress characters; while the authors of his French source texts accentuate Guinevere’s flaws, Malory portrays her with sympathy.

Arthurian Literature

Arthurian Literature
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Publisher : Boydell & Brewer
Total Pages : 214
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ISBN-10 : 9781843842583
ISBN-13 : 1843842580
Rating : 4/5 (83 Downloads)

Synopsis Arthurian Literature by : Elizabeth Archibald

Arthurian Literature has established its position as the home for a great diversity of new research into Arthurian matters. Delivers some fascinating material across genres, periods, and theoretical issues. TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT The influence and significance of the legend of Arthur are fully demonstrated by the subject matter and time-span of articles here. Topics range from early Celtic sources and analogues of Arthurian plots to popular interest in King Arthur in sixteenth-century London, from the thirteenth-century French prose Mort Artu to Tennyson's Idylls of the King. It includes discussion of shapeshifters and loathly ladies, attitudes to treason, royal deaths and funerals in the fifteenth century and the nineteenth, late medieval Scottish politics and early modern chivalry. Elizabeth Archibald is Professor of English, University of Durhaml; Professor David F. Johnson teaches in the English Department, Florida State University, Tallahassee. Contributors: Aisling Byrne, Emma Campbell, P.J.C. Field, Kenneth Hodges, Megan Leitch, Andrew Lynch, Sue Niebrzydowski, Karen Robinson.

Mapping Malory

Mapping Malory
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Publisher : Springer
Total Pages : 361
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ISBN-10 : 9781137443274
ISBN-13 : 1137443278
Rating : 4/5 (74 Downloads)

Synopsis Mapping Malory by : D. Armstrong

Medievalists are increasingly grappling with spatial studies. This timely book argues that geography is a crucial element in Sir Thomas Malory's M orte Darthur and contributors shine a light on questions of politics and genre to help readers better understand Malory's world.

Romancing Treason

Romancing Treason
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Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Total Pages : 241
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ISBN-10 : 9780198724599
ISBN-13 : 0198724594
Rating : 4/5 (99 Downloads)

Synopsis Romancing Treason by : Megan G. Leitch

Romancing Treason examines English literature written during the Wars of the Roses. Focusing on the the theme of treason, Megan Leitch suggests that the idea of a literature of the Wars of the Roses offers a way of understanding an understudied period.

A New Companion to Malory

A New Companion to Malory
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Publisher : Boydell & Brewer
Total Pages : 346
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ISBN-10 : 9781843845232
ISBN-13 : 1843845237
Rating : 4/5 (32 Downloads)

Synopsis A New Companion to Malory by : Megan G. Leitch

A comprehensive survey of one of the most important texts of the Middle Ages.

Courtly Pastimes

Courtly Pastimes
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Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Total Pages : 233
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ISBN-10 : 9781000798883
ISBN-13 : 1000798887
Rating : 4/5 (83 Downloads)

Synopsis Courtly Pastimes by : Gloria Allaire

The modern concept of passing leisure hours pleasantly would, in the Middle Ages, have fallen under the rubric of Sloth, a deadly sin. Yet aristocrats of past centuries were not always absorbed in affairs of state or warfare. What did they do in moments of peace, "downtime" as we might call it today? In this collection of essays, scholars from various disciplines investigate courtly modes of entertainment ranging from the vigorous to the intellectual: hunting, jousting, horse racing; physical and verbal games; reading, writing, and book ownership. Favorite pastimes spanned differences of gender and age, and crossed geographical and cultural boundaries. Literary and historical examples come from England, France, Germany, Spain, and Italy. Courtly Pastimes analyzes the underlying rationales for such activities: to display power and prestige, to acquire cultural capital, to instill a sense of community, or to build diplomatic alliances. Performativity − so crucial in social rituals − could become transgressive if taken to extremes. Certain chapters explore the spaces of courtliness: literal or imaginary; man-made, natural, or a hybrid of both. Other chapters concern materiality and visual elements associated with courtly pastimes: from humble children’s toys and playthings to elite tournament attire, castle murals, and manuscript illuminations.

Configuring Masculinity in Theory and Literary Practice

Configuring Masculinity in Theory and Literary Practice
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Publisher : BRILL
Total Pages : 326
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ISBN-10 : 9789004299009
ISBN-13 : 9004299009
Rating : 4/5 (09 Downloads)

Synopsis Configuring Masculinity in Theory and Literary Practice by :

Configuring Masculinity in Theory and Literary Practice combines a critical survey of the most important concepts in Masculinity Studies with a historical overview of how masculinity has been constructed within British Literature and a special focus on developments in the 20th and 21st centuries.