Malory's ‹i›Morte Darthur‹/i› / / Larry D. Benson.
Sir Thomas Malory's Morte Darthur has delighted readers of English literature for over five hundred years and has shaped our images of chivalry, of knight-errantry, of adventure in King Arthur's time, of courtly love. In the past three decades literary critics have shown Malory to be an ar...
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Benson, Larry D., author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut Malory's ‹i›Morte Darthur‹/i› / Larry D. Benson. Reprint 2013 Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2013] ©1976 1 online resource (289 p.) text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Frontmatter -- Preface -- Contents -- I. Malory and Arthurian Romance -- 1. Malory and the Prose Cycles -- 2. Fifteenth-Century Prose Romance -- II. Malory and English Romance -- 3. Techniques of Adaptation: The Tale of King Arthur and Arthur and Lucius -- 4. Thematic Invention: A Noble Tale of Sir Lancelot -- 5. The Tale of Sir Gareth -- 6. The Book of Sir Tristram -- III. Malory and Chivalry -- 7. Fifteenth-Century Chivalry -- 8. Knighthood in Life and Literature -- 9. The Realism of Fifteenth-Century Romance -- IV. The Fall of Camelot -- 10. The Tale of the Sancgreal -- 11. The Book of Sir Lancelot and Guenevere -- 12. The Death of Arthur -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec online access with authorization star Sir Thomas Malory's Morte Darthur has delighted readers of English literature for over five hundred years and has shaped our images of chivalry, of knight-errantry, of adventure in King Arthur's time, of courtly love. In the past three decades literary critics have shown Malory to be an artist of skill and imagination, worthy of careful study as well as general popularity. One of the prices we have paid for this critical attention, Larry Benson argues, is an increasingly gloomy interpretation, so that what seemed a joyous celebration of Arthurian chivalry has become a dark, even "existential" tragedy. He here reestablishes the work as a chivalric romance by examining it against the background of fifteenth-century knighthood and literary traditions.Benson relates the Morte Darthur to the Arthurian prose cycles as they developed in the thirteenth to fifteenth centuries and to the English romance tradition. He is able to trace Malory's general development as a writer by showing the ways in which he applies his narrative techniques with increasing skill from the early tales to his first completely successful works, The Tale of Sir Gareth and The Book of Sir Tristram. His research into chivalric practices in the fifteenth century reveal that Malory was a much more realistic writer than is generally thought. Benson tells his story in a most readable style. Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. In English. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 24. Aug 2021) Arthurian romances. Englische Literatur. Kings and rulers in literature. Knights and knighthood in literature. Morte Darthur (Malory). Romances, English. Zeithintergrund. Arthurian romances -- History and criticism. Malory, Thomas, -- Sir, -- active 15th century -- Morte d'Arthur. Romances, English -- History and criticism. LITERARY CRITICISM / General. bisacsh Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter HUP e-dition: Complete eBook Package 9783110353488 ZDB-23-HCO Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter HUP e-dition: Literature eBook Package 9783110353501 ZDB-23-HLI Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter HUP eBook Package Archive 1893-1999 9783110442212 print 9780674733572 https://doi.org/10.4159/harvard.9780674733589 https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780674733589 Cover https://www.degruyter.com/cover/covers/9780674733589.jpg |
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