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Geoffrey of Monmouth and the Translation of Female Kingship / by F. Tolhurst.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Tolhurst., Author.
- Series:
- Arthurian and Courtly Cultures, 2945-6924
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Literature--History and criticism.
- Literature.
- Classical literature.
- Literature, Ancient.
- European literature.
- Literature, Medieval.
- Literary History.
- Classical and Antique Literature.
- European Literature.
- Medieval Literature.
- Local Subjects:
- Literary History.
- Classical and Antique Literature.
- European Literature.
- Medieval Literature.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (361 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.. 2013.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Palgrave Macmillan US : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2013.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Geoffrey of Monmouth and the Translation of Female Kingship provides the first feminist analysis of the part of The History of the Kings of Britain that most readers overlook: the reigns before and after Arthur's.
- Contents:
- Cover; Half-Title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of Abbreviations; Introduction Geoffrey of Monmouth and the Translation of Female Kingship; 1 Re-reading Empress Matilda as a Female King; 2 Geoffrey's History as Preparation for a Female King; 3 Undermining and Degrading Female Kingship in the First Variant and Wace's roman de Brut; 4 Delegitimizing and Erasing Female Kingship in the "Epistola Warino Britoni," the Chronica majora , and Laamon's Brut; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; About the Author; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781349447398
- 1349447390
- 9781137329264
- 1137329262
- OCLC:
- 830163546
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