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Arthurian Literature XXXI (Hardcover)
Elizabeth Archibald, David F. Johnson; Contributions by Erin Kissick, Irit Ruth Kleiman, Joan Tasker Grimbert, …
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Arthurian Literature has established its position as the home for a
great diversity of new research into Arthurian matters. It delivers
fascinating material across genres, periods, and theoretical
issues. TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT The studies collected in this
volume demonstrate the enduring vitality of the Arthurian legend in
a wide range of places, times and media. Chretien's Conte du Graal
features first in a study of the poem's place in its Anglo-Norman
context, followed by four essays on Malory's Morte Darthur. Two of
these deal with the significance of wounds and wounding in Malory's
text, while the third explores the problematic aspects of sleep and
the "slepynge knight" in that same romance. The fourth considers
"transformative female corpses" as, quite literally, the embodiment
of critical comment on the chivalric community in the Morte
Darthur. There follow two studies of the Arthurian legend captured
in material objects: the first concerns the early twelfth-century
images on a marble column from the cathedral at Santiago de
Compostela, the second a twentieth-century tapestry created by Lady
Trevelyan for the family home at Wallington Hall. The volume closes
with an essay that brings us into the twenty-first century, with an
assessment of Kaamelott, an irreverent French Pythonesque
television series. ElizabethArchibald is Professor of English
Studies at Durham University, and Principal of St Cuthbert's
Society; David F. Johnson is Professor of English at Florida State
University, Tallahassee. Contributors: Karen Cherewatuk,Tara
Foster, Joan Tasker Grimbert, Erin Kissick, Irit Ruth Kleiman,
Megan Leitch, Roger Simpson, K.S. Whetter.
Twelve medieval scholars from a wide range of disciplines,
including law, literature, and religion address the question: What
did it mean to possess a voice - or to be without one - during the
Middle Ages? This collection reveals how the philosophy, theology,
and aesthetics of the voice inhabit some of the most canonical
texts of the Middle Ages.
Philippe de Commynes, a diplomat who specialized in clandestine
operations, served King Louis XI during his campaign to undermine
aristocratic resistance and consolidate the sovereignty of the
French throne. He is credited with inventing the political memoir,
but his reminiscence has also been described as 'the confessions of
a traitor': Commynes had abandoned Louis' rival, the Burgundian
duke Charles the Bold, before joining forces with the king. This
study provides a literary re-evaluation of Commynes' text - a
perennial subject of scandal and fascination - while questioning
what the terms 'traitor' or 'betrayed' meant in the context of
fifteenth-century France. Drawing on diplomatic letters and court
transcripts, Irit Kleiman examines the mutual connections between
writing and betrayal in Commynes' representation of Louis' reign,
the relationship between the author and the king, and the emergence
of the memoir as an autobiographical genre. This study
significantly deepens our understanding of how historical narrative
and diplomatic activities are intertwined in the work of this
iconic, iconoclastic figure.
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