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Title: The Social and Literary Contexts of Malory's Morte Darthur
Condition: New
Author: D Thomas Hanks Jr
Contributor: D Thomas Hanks Jr (Edited by), Jessica G. Brogdon (Edited by), Andrew Lynch (Contributions by), Ann Elaine Bliss (Contributions by), D Thomas Hanks Jr (Contributions by), Kevin T Grimm (Contributions by), Peter J C Field (Contributions by), Robert L. Kelly (Contributions by), Terence McCarthy (Contributions by)
Format: Hardback
ISBN-10: 0859915948
EAN: 9780859915946
ISBN: 9780859915946
Publisher: D.S. Brewer
Genre: Literary Criticism
Topic: History
Release Date: 11/04/2000
Description: Malory's world explored, from the battle of Towton to the "grete bokes" of chivalric material composd for aristocratic families.Many aspects of Malory's Morte Darthur reflect contemporary literary and social issues, and it is this topic which forms the focus for the eight essays in the volume, all by leading Malory scholars. Terence McCarthy suggests that the Morte was a book that came at the wrong time, and which we have admired for the wrong reasons. Andrew Lynch and D. Thomas Hanks Jr argue that Malory questions his culture's ideology of arms; Karen Cherewatuk andKevin Grimm discuss the manuscript and printed contexts of the Morte. Robert Kelly examines some of the political elements of the Morte; Ann Elaine Bliss points out the role of processions in Malory's time and in theMorte; and P.J.C. Field compares the Morte's final battle to elements of the Battle of Towton (1461), finding strong similarities between the two.
Language: English
Country/Region of Manufacture: GB
Item Height: 234mm
Item Length: 156mm
Book Series: Arthurian Studies
Release Year: 2000

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