Women of words in Le morte dArthur : the autonomy of speech in Malory's female characters / Siobhán M. Wyatt.

Format:

Book

Manuscript

Thesis/Dissertation

Author/Creator:

Wyatt, Siobhán M., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Malory, Thomas, Sir, active 15th century. Morte d'Arthur.

Malory, Thomas, Sir, active 15th century--Characters--Women.

Malory, Thomas, Sir, active 15th century.

Speech in literature.

Physical Description:

xi, 203 pages ; 22 cm

Other Title:

Women of words in Le morte d'Arthur

Place of Publication:

Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan, [2016]

Contents:

1. Introduction

2. The 111-Speaking Woman and the Marriageable Lady

2.1. Lyonet and Lyonesse

2.1.1. Ipomadon and Gareth

2.1.2. Gareth, Lybeaus Desconus, Perceval and La Cote Male Tayle

2.1.3. The Beheading Scenes in Ipomadon and Gareth

2.1.4. The Marriageable Lady

2.2. Maledysaunte

2.3. Morgan, Alys and Morgan's Cousin

2.4. The Damsels of Arroy, and Nynyve and Ettarde

3. Magical and Miraculous Women

3.1. Malory's Magic in Context: Portrayals of Eleanor Cobham's Witchcraft in Late Medieval England

3.1.1. Morgan le Fay

3.1.2. Female Sorceresses in Late Medieval Romances

3.1.3. Malory's Morgan and Caxton's Medea

3.1.4. Morgan in Arthur's Death Scene and the Stanzaic Morte Arthur

3.2. Nynyve

3.3. Percival's Sister

3.4. A Note on the Grail Demons

4. `Whyle She Might Be Suffirde': Ladies In (Unrequited) Love

4.1. Lust and Treason: Women as Seductresses and Decoys in `The Tale of Sir Launcelot du Lake'

4.2. Malory's Elaynes

4.2.1. Elayne of Corbyn

4.2.2. Elayne of Ascolat

5. True Lovers and Adulterous Queens

5.1. Generous Love in Malory's Episode of the Knight of the Cart

5.2. Displacement Anxiety: Lancelot and Guinevere in the Final Stages of Le Morte Darthur

5.3. Isode

6. Conclusion

Bibliography

Manuscripts/Facsimiles

Primary Texts

Secondary Sources

Index.

Notes:

Thesis (Ph. D.) - University of Cambridge.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9783319342030

3319342037

OCLC:

968191935

Publisher Number:

9783319342030