Companion to Malory

Name: Companion to Malory
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ISBN: 9780859915205

ISBN-10: 0859915204

ISBN-13: 9780859915205

Edition: 1997 (Reprint)

Authors: Elizabeth Archibald, A. S. G. Edwards

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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 of the 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…

Book details

List price: $24.95
Copyright year: 1997
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer, Limited
Publication date: 5/2/2000
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 280
Size: 6.50" wide x 9.50" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.298
Language: English

Julia Boffey is professor of medieval studies in the Department of English at Queen Mary, University of London.



Acknowledgements


The Contributors


A Note on Malory's Text


Introduction




'The Hoole Book': Editing and the Creation of Meaning in Malory's Text




Chivalry and the Morte Darthur




The Place of Women in the Morte Darthur




Contextualizing Le Morte Darthur: Empire and Civil War




Malory and His Sources




Language and Style in Malory




The Malory Life-Records




Beginnings: The Tale of King Arthur and King Arthur and the Emperor Lucius




The Tale of Sir Gareth and The Tale of Sir Lancelot




The Book of Sir Tristram de Lyones




Malory and the Grail Legend




The Ending of the Morte Darthur




The Reception of Malory's Morte Darthur




A Selective Bibliography of Malory Studies



Index