A Companion to Malory

Revised Auflage
ISBN: 978-0-85991-520-5
Verlag: Boydell & Brewer

Buch, Englisch, Band 37, 280 Seiten, Print PDF, Format (B × H): 158 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 455 g

Reihe: Arthurian Studies

Malory's Morte Darthur - text, history and reception - expertly appraised by international scholars.

This collection of original essays by an international group of distinguished medievalists provides a comprehensive introduction to the great work of Sir Thomas Malory, which will be indispensable for both students and scholars. It is divided into three main sections, on Malory in context, the art of the Morte Darthur, and its reception in later years. As well as essays on the eight tales which make up the Morte Darthur, there are studies ofthe relationship between the Winchestermanuscript and Caxton's and later editions; the political and social context in which Malory wrote; his style and sources; and his treatment of two key concepts in Arthurian literature, chivalry and the representation of women. The volume also includes a brief biography of Malory with a list of the historical records relating to him and his family. It ends with a discussion of the reception of the Morte Darthurfrom the sixteenth to the twentieth centuries, and a select bibliography.

Contributors: P.J.C. FIELD, FELICITY RIDDY, RICHARD BARBER, ELIZABETH EDWARDS, TERENCE MCCARTHY, CAROL MEALE, JEREMY SMITH, ELIZABETH ARCHIBALD,BARBARA NOLAN, HELEN COOPER, JILL MANN, DAVID BENSON, A.S.G. EDWARDS

Autoren/Hrsg.

Archibald, Elizabeth

Edwards, A S G

Weitere Mitwirkende

Edwards, A. S. G.

Nolan, Barbara

Benson, C. David

Meale, Carol. M

Archibald, Elizabeth

Edwards, Elizabeth

Riddy, Felicity

Cooper, Helen

Smith, Jeremy J

Mann, Jill

Brosnan, Linda

Field, Peter J C

Barber, Richard

McCarthy, Terence

Bracewell, Wendy

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Englische Literatur

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction - Elizabeth Archibald and A S G Edwards
'The Hoole Book': Editing and the Creation of Meaning in Malory's Text - Carol. M Meale
Chivalry and the Morte Darthur - Richard Barber
The Place of Women in the Morte Darthur - Elizabeth Edwards
Contextualising Le Morte Darthur: Empire and Civil War - Felicity Riddy
Malory and His Sources - Terence McCarthy
Language and Style in Malory - Jeremy J Smith
The Malory Life-Records - P J C Field
Beginnings: The Tale of King Arthur and King Arthur and the Emperor Lucius - Elizabeth Archibald
The Tale of Sir Gareth and The Tale of Sir Lancelot - Barbara Nolan
The Book of Sir Tristram de Lyones - Helen Cooper
Malory and the Grail Legend - Jill Mann
The Ending of the Morte Darthur - C. David Benson
The Reception of Malory's Morte Darthur - A S G Edwards
A Selective Bibliography of Malory Studies - Elizabeth Archibald and A S G Edwards

Über Autor(innen)

Smith, Jeremy J
Jeremy Smith was professor of English philology at Glasgow, where he remains a senior research fellow and emeritus professor, and an honorary professor at St Andrews. His specialisms include English historical linguistics, medieval studies, and book history, combined recently in Transforming Early English (2020).

Barber, Richard
RICHARD BARBER has had a huge influence on the study of medieval history and literature, as both a writer and a publisher. His first book on the Arthurian legend appeared in 1961, and his major works include The Knight and Chivalry (winner of the Somerset Maugham Award in 1971), Edward Prince of Wales and Aquitaine, The Penguin Guide to Medieval Europe and The Holy Grail: the History of a Legend which was widely praised and was translated into six languages.

Edwards, A. S. G.
A. S. G. Edwards is Honorary Professor of Medieval Manuscripts at the University of Kent at Canterbury.

Edwards, Elizabeth
Elizabeth Edwards is a Professor at the University of King's College, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

Archibald, Elizabeth
ELIZABETH ARCHIBALD is Professor of English Studies at Durham University, and Principal of St Cuthbert's Society.

Edwards, A S G
A. S. G. Edwards is Honorary Professor of Medieval Manuscripts at the University of Kent at Canterbury.

Archibald, Elizabeth
ELIZABETH ARCHIBALD is Professor of English Studies at Durham University, and Principal of St Cuthbert's Society.