Ancient & Medieval Literature, Ancient & Medieval Military History, European Literature, General & Miscellaneous European History, General & Miscellaneous Literary Criticism, Medieval History, Celtic & British Folklore & Mythology, English Literature
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`A lucid and rich analysis eminently suited to students at undergraduate and graduate levels. CHOICEBeverley Kennedy puts Malory's concern with knighthood at the very heart of the Morte Darthur. She identifies three types of knight: the Heroic (Gawain), the Worshipful (Tristram and Arthur), and the True (Lancelot, Gareth and the Grail Knights), and argues that this knightly typology creates the thematic unity of the Morte Darthur. It also allows Malory to develop two quite different contexts, one pragmatic and political, the other religious and providential, within which the reader may judge why Arthur's reign ended in catastrophe. EVERLEY KENNEDY is Professor of English at Marianopolis College, Canada.Book Details
Published
October 15, 1992
Publisher
Woodbridge, Suffolk, UK ; D.S. Brewer, 1992.
Pages
416
Format
Paperback
ISBN
9780859913553