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Reading romance : literacy, psychology, and Malory's Le Morte D'Arthur

Title
Reading romance : literacy, psychology, and Malory's Le Morte D'Arthur / Margaret duMais Svogun.
Author
Svogun, Margaret duMais, 1957-
Publication
New York : Peter Lang, [2000], ©2000.

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144 pages; 24 cm.
Summary
  • "Sir Thomas Malory's Le Morte D'Arthur is one of the most enduring achievements of English literary history. This study offers a new interpretation of this seminal version of the Arthurian Romances beginning with recognition of its status as one of the first literary works to be mass produced by the typographic age.
  • Acknowledging that literacy revolutionizes the human-thought world, and maintaining the validity of exploring the psychological content of traditional literature, a specific psychic preoccupation is identified in Malory's work: namely, man's struggle to accommodate the conflicting demands of his divided self."--BOOK JACKET.
Series Statement
Studies in the humanities : literature--politics--society ; vol. 51
Uniform Title
Studies in the humanities (New York, N.Y.) ; v. 51.
Subject
  • Malory, Thomas, Sir, active 15th century
  • Malory, Thomas, Sir, active 15th century > Knowledge and learning
  • Psychology
  • Psychological fiction, English > History and criticism
  • Authors and readers > England > History > To 1500
  • Arthurian romances > History and criticism
  • Romances, English > History and criticism
  • Knights and knighthood in literature
  • Literacy > England > History > To 1500
  • Kings and rulers in literature
  • Reader-response criticism
  • Psychology in literature
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. [129]-135) and index.
Contents
Introduction: Malory, Caxton, and a Reading Public -- Ch. 1. Approaches to Romance -- Ch. 2. "Speaking to the Eyes" -- Ch. 3. Creating Meaning -- Ch. 4. The Cleavage of Consciousness and Archetypal Content in Le Morte D'Arthur. Knights and Archetypes. Balin and Balan, or the Knight with Two Swords. Balin and Gareth. The Poisoned Apple and the Fair Maiden of Astolat. Launcelot and Tristram. The King with Two Swords.
ISBN
0820445223
LCCN
99025258
OCLC
  • ocm40964993
  • SCSB-4044061
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries