Forging Chivalric Communities in Malory's Le Morte Darthur

1. Auflage 2005
ISBN: 978-1-349-53011-3
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan

Buch, Englisch, 208 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 283 g

Reihe: Arthurian and Courtly Cultures

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.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Hodges, K.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Klassische Literaturwissenschaft
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literarische Strömungen & Epochen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction: Medieval by a Month A Writer in Quest for English History Swords and Sorceresses The Shadow of Rome: Arthur, Lucius, and Launcelot Provincial Knights and Younger Sons: Trystram, Gareth, and Lameroke Privy Thoughts The Death of Guinevere

Über Autor(innen)

KENNETH HODGES has taught at Allegheny College, Bates College, and the University of Oklahoma, and is now an Assistant Professor of English at Keene State College in New Hampshire, USA.