Aspects of Malory

Aspects of Malory PDF Author: Toshiyuki Takamiya
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer Ltd
ISBN: 0859910687
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 249

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This volume of essays is aimed at advancing the appreciation of Malory, an author who has always been enjoyed by the common reader, but is still sometimes underestimated by the critics. Despite an increasing number of articles on Malory, there is a need for a general survey of recent research, which l> Aspects of Malory /l> provides. The volume opens with a note by the late Professor Vinaver on Malory's prose, and three essays on Malory's Englishness and his English sources, including an essay by P. J. C. Field which argues for an English rather than a French origin for the l>Tale of Gareth/l>. This is followed by two essays on Malory's French sources, by Jill Mann and Mary Hynes-Berry. Terence McCarthy re-exasmines the sequence of the tales, and three further essays look at the scribal and textual tradition of Malory's work, in particular the relationship between the Winchester MS, Caxton's printed version, and the history of the MS. Finally, Richard R. Griffith reconsiders the authorship question, and proposes a long-forgotten Thomas Malory as the most likely candidate. There is a bibliography of recent research compiled by Professor Takamiya. .`Full of sound scholarship'. TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT

Aspects of Malory

Aspects of Malory PDF Author: Toshiyuki Takamiya
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer Ltd
ISBN: 0859910687
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 249

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Book Description
This volume of essays is aimed at advancing the appreciation of Malory, an author who has always been enjoyed by the common reader, but is still sometimes underestimated by the critics. Despite an increasing number of articles on Malory, there is a need for a general survey of recent research, which l> Aspects of Malory /l> provides. The volume opens with a note by the late Professor Vinaver on Malory's prose, and three essays on Malory's Englishness and his English sources, including an essay by P. J. C. Field which argues for an English rather than a French origin for the l>Tale of Gareth/l>. This is followed by two essays on Malory's French sources, by Jill Mann and Mary Hynes-Berry. Terence McCarthy re-exasmines the sequence of the tales, and three further essays look at the scribal and textual tradition of Malory's work, in particular the relationship between the Winchester MS, Caxton's printed version, and the history of the MS. Finally, Richard R. Griffith reconsiders the authorship question, and proposes a long-forgotten Thomas Malory as the most likely candidate. There is a bibliography of recent research compiled by Professor Takamiya. .`Full of sound scholarship'. TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT

A New Companion to Malory

A New Companion to Malory PDF Author: Megan G. Leitch
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer
ISBN: 1843845237
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 346

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A comprehensive survey of one of the most important texts of the Middle Ages.

A Companion to Malory

A Companion to Malory PDF Author: Elizabeth Archibald
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer Ltd
ISBN: 9780859914437
Category : Arthurian romances
Languages : en
Pages : 296

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

Le Morte Darthur

Le Morte Darthur PDF Author: Sir Thomas Malory
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Arthurian romances
Languages : en
Pages : 560

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A Companion to Malory

A Companion to Malory PDF Author: Elizabeth Archibald
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer Ltd
ISBN: 0859915204
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 286

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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

An Introduction to Malory

An Introduction to Malory PDF Author: Terence McCarthy
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer Ltd
ISBN: 0859913252
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 198

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`Presents in very accessible form the explanatory material which (students) will require. He is well-informed about the basic issues in Malory scholarship and criticism, and his approach is sound.' REVIEW OF ENGLISH STUDIESThis introduction to Morte Darthuroutlines the book's basic character, followed by a study of the key concepts of love, loyalty, sin and shame. Malory's approach to his material is discussed, as are his sources, and his individual contribution; finally, Maloryand his book are placed in their historical context. Published in 1988 as Reading the Morte Darthur.

The Social and Literary Contexts of Malory's Morte Darthur

The Social and Literary Contexts of Malory's Morte Darthur PDF Author: Dorrel Thomas Hanks
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer Ltd
ISBN: 9780859915946
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 180

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Malory's world explored, from the battle of Towton to the "grete bokes" of chivalric material composd for aristocratic families.

The Manuscript and Meaning of Malory's Morte Darthur

The Manuscript and Meaning of Malory's Morte Darthur PDF Author: Kevin Sean Whetter
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer
ISBN: 1843844532
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 278

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An examination of the rubricated letters in the Morte makes a convincing case for the design being by Malory himself. The red-ink names that decorate the Winchester manuscript of Malory's Morte Darthur are striking; yet until now, no-one has asked why the rubrication exists. This book explores the uniqueness and thematic significance of the physical layout of the Morte in its manuscript context, arguing that the layout suggests, and the correlations between manuscript design and narrative theme confirm, that the striking arrangement is likely to have been the product of authorial design rather than something unusual dreamed up by patron, scribe, reader, or printer. The introduction offers a thorough account of not only the textual tradition of the Morte, but also the ways in which scholarship to date has not done enough with the manuscript contexts of Malory's Arthuriad. The book then goes on to establish the singularity and likely provenance of Winchester's rubrication of names. In the second half of the study the author elucidates the narrative significance of this rubrication pattern, outlining striking connections between manuscript layout and major narrative events, characters, and themes. He suggests that the manuscript mise-en-page underscores Malory's interest in human character and knighthood, creating a memorializing function similar to the many inscribed tombs that dominate the landscape of the Morte's narrative pages. Inshort, Winchester's design creates a memorializing tomb for Arthurian chivalry. K.S. WHETTER is Professor of English at Acadia University, Canada.

Malory's Contemporary Audience

Malory's Contemporary Audience PDF Author: Thomas Crofts
Publisher: DS Brewer
ISBN: 9781843840855
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 202

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"This book seeks to place Malory's Morte Darthur more firmly in its cultural and historical context. Its composition, in the mid to late fifteenth century, took place at a time of great upheaval for England, a period beginning with the loss of Bordeaux (and the Hundred Years War) and ending with the rise of Richard III. During this time the Morte was translated from numerous French sources, copied by scribes, and, finally, in July 1485, printed by William Caxton. The author argues that in this unique production history are reflected the ideological crises which loomed so massively over England's ruling class in the fifteenth century; and that the book is in fact inseparable from these crises."--BOOK JACKET.

The Sword of Malory

The Sword of Malory PDF Author: John Karl Vintar
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 144

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