Malory's Morte d'Arthur: Remaking Arthurian Tradition

by Catherine Batt and Batt

Book Overview

This study innovatively explores how Malory's Morte Darthur responds to available literary vernacular Arthurian traditions-the French defined as theoretical in impulse, the English as performative and experimental. Negotiating these influences, Malory transforms constructions of masculine heroism, especially in the presentation of Launcelot, and exposes the tensions and disillusions of the Arthurian project. The Morte poignantly conveys a desire for...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0312229984
• ISBN13: 9780312229986
• Release Date: May 2002
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.9" x 8.5"