Mapping Malory : regional identities and national geographies in Le morte Darthur / Dorsey Armstrong and Kenneth Hodges.

Author/creator Armstrong, Dorsey, 1970-
Other author Hodges, Kenneth L.
Format Book
PublicationNew York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2014.
Descriptionxii, 232 pages ; 23 cm.
Subjects
Malory, Thomas, Sir, active 15th century. Morte d'Arthur.
Malory, Thomas, Sir, active 15th century--Geography.
Geography in literature.
Regionalism in literature.
Nationalism in literature.
Politics in literature.
Arthurian romances--History and criticism.
Romances, English--History and criticism.
England--In literature.

SeriesArthurian and courtly cultures
Studies in Arthurian and courtly cultures. ^A597864
Contents The places of romance (Kenneth Hodges) -- Mapping Malory's Morte: the (physical) place -- And (narrative) space of Cornwall (Dorsey Armstrong) -- Of Wales and women: Guenevere's sister and the isles (Kenneth Hodges) -- Sir Gawain, Scotland, Orkney (Kenneth Hodges) -- Trudging toward Rome, drifting toward Sarras (Dorsey Armstrong) -- Why Malory's Launcelot is not French: region, nation, and political identity (Kenneth Hodges) -- Conclusion: Malory's questing beast and the geography of the Arthurian world (Dorsey Armstrong).
Abstract "While most criticism has treated romance's use of place as fantastic and essentially meaningless, our book argues that geography is a crucial element in Sir Thomas Malory's Morte Darthur; our analysis of the concerns of nation, region, borders, and identity in this text sheds new light on how Malory both understood the 'England' in which he was writing and how he imagined the 'Arthurian Community' he depicts in his text. The great knights in Le Morte Darthur come from regions where sovereignty is a vexed issue, and their rivalries, rather than being fictions of individuals, capture significant political divisions of the fifteenth century. Our work thus not only provides fundamental reinterpretations of Malory's book, but also places it in larger discussions of how regional and national identities developed at the end of the Middle Ages and the beginning of the Early Modern period" -- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references.
Genre/formCriticism, interpretation, etc.
LCCN 2014002971
ISBN9781137034854 (hardback : alk. paper)
ISBN1137034858 (hardback : alk. paper)
Standard identifier# 40023904161

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