Studies in Malory

by James W Spisak (Editor)

Overview

The publication of Sir Thomas Malory's Le Morte Darthur by William Caxton was a signal event in the history of English literature and printing. Compiled to mark the five-hundredth anniversary of that occasion, this volume contains critical studies of Malory's work, supplemented by essays that place that work in the larger context of Caxton's canon. The different approaches and methodologies in the essays reflect the variety of means through which an understanding of the Morte has been sought.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780918720542
Publisher:	Medieval Institute Publications
Publication date:	07/01/1985
Series:	Festschriften, Occasional Papers, and Lectures , #2
Pages:	340
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.17(h) x (d)

About the Author

James W. Spisak was a professor of English at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University.

Table of Contents

Introduction: Recent Trends in Malory Studies by James W. Spisak Malory's Identification of Camelot as Winchester by Sue Ellen Holbrook Ordinatio and Narrative Links: The Impact of Malory's Tales as a hoole book by Murray J. Evans Malory and the Alliterative Tradition by Terence Mc Carthy Indiscreet Objects of Desire: Malory's Tristram and the Necessity of Deceit by Maureen Fries The Truest and Holiest Tale: Malory's Transformation of La Queste del Saint Graal by Dhira B. Mahoney Malory's Lancelot and the Quest of the Grail by Stephen C. B. Atkinson Tunc se Coeperunt non Intelligere: The image of Language in Malory's Last Books by John F. Plummer Wounds, Healing, and Knighthood in Malory's Tale of Launcelot and Guenevere by Robert L. Kelly Malory's Very Mater of La Cheualer du Charyot: Characterization and Structure by John Michael Walsh Malory's Lost Source by James W. Spisak Time and Elaine of Astolat by P. J. C. Field