The Social and Literary Contexts of Malory's Morte Darthur

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Arthurian Studies

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These studies look at Malory's Morte Darthur as both literature and history. Insights into warfare and into contemporary attitudes to violence and the depredations of war are balanced by considerations of the literary context of the Morte, both with regard to the manuscript tradition of 'grete bokes', and the first printed version. Current critical attitudes to the Morte are also examined, with the suggestion that Malory's intentions have been both imperfectly realised and understood. D. THOMAS HANKS Professor of English, Baylor University 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 and Kevin 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 the Morte; 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.

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November 4th, 2000

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Professional & Vocational

Contributors

Contributions 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
Edited by D. Thomas Hanks, Jr.
Edited by Jessica G. Brogdon

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3 b/w illus.

Pages

168

Series

Arthurian Studies

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167x243x16

ISBN-13

9780859915946

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2044345

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