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Culture and the king : the social implications of the Arthurian legend : essays in honor of Valerie M. Lagorio / edited by Martin B. Shichtman and James P. Carley.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- SUNY series in medieval studies.
- SUNY series in mediaeval studies
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Arthurian romances--History and criticism.
- Arthurian romances.
- Arthurian romances--Adaptations--History and criticism.
- Lagorio, Valerie Marie, 1925-.
- Lagorio, Valerie Marie.
- Comparative literature--Themes, motives.
- Comparative literature.
- Social ethics in literature.
- Conduct of life in literature.
- Arthurian romances--Adaptations.
- Civilization, Medieval, in literature.
- Kings and rulers in literature.
- Middle Ages in literature.
- Medievalism--History.
- Medievalism.
- Civilization, Medieval, in literature--History.
- Genre:
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- History.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (vi, 324 p. ) ill. ;
- Place of Publication:
- Albany : State University of New York Press, c1994.
- Language Note:
- English
- Contents:
- Valerie M. Lagorio : a tribute / Mildred Leake Day
- Introduction : the social implications of the Arthurian legend / Martin B. Shichtman and James P. Carley
- Marie de France's Arthurian Lai : subtle and political / David Chamberlain
- Lévi-Strauss in Camelot : interrupted communication in Arthurian feudal fictions / Donald Maddox
- Arthur in Culhwch and Olwen and in the romances of Chrétien de Troyes / Armel Diverres
- The knight as reader of Arthurian romance / Elspeth Kennedy
- The stanzaic Morte Arthur : the adaptation of a French romance for an English audience / Edward Donald Kennedy
- Was Merlin a Ghibelline? Arthurian propaganda at the court of Frederick II / Donald L. Hoffman
- A grave event : Henry V, Glastonbury Abbey, and Joseph of Arimathea's bones / James P. Carley.
- The speaking knight : Sir Gawain and other animals / Felicity Riddy
- Politicizing the ineffable : the Queste del Saint Graal and Malory's "Tale of the Sankgreal" / Martin B. Shichtman
- "The prowess of hands" : the psychology of alchemy in Malory's "Tale of Sir Gareth" / Bonnie Wheeler
- How many roads to Camelot : the married knight in Malory / Maureen Fries
- Spenser for hire : Arthurian history as cultural capital in The faerie queene / Laurie A. Finke
- Arthur before and after the revolution : the Blome-Stansby edition of Malory (1634) and Brittains glory (1684) / David R. Carlson
- Reluctant redactor : William Dyce reads the legend / Debra N. Mancoff
- The snake in the woodpile : Tennyson's Vivien as Victorian prostitute / Rebecca Umland
- Feminism, homosexuality, and homophobia in The mists of Avalon / James Noble
- Camelot 3000 and the future of Arthur / Charles T. Wood.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- ISBN:
- 1-4384-1987-2
- 0-585-04476-7
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