Women and Arthurian Literature: Seizing the Sword

by Marion Wynne-Davies

Book Overview

This is the first full-length study of the role of women in Arthurian literature. It covers writing from the medieval period, the Renaissance, the Victorian age and in contemporary fiction. Covering the key Arthurian texts, such as Chaucer's Wife of Bath's Tale, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Malory's Morte D'arthur, Spenser's The Faerie Queene and Tennyson's Idylls, it also investigates the less well-known works by women: Lady Charlotte Guest's...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1349244554
• ISBN13: 9781349244553
• Release Date: January 1996
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 238 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.5"