Research Catalog

Title

Women of words in Le morte darthur : the autonomy of speech in Malory's female characters / Siobhán M. Wyatt.

Author

Wyatt, Siobhán M.

Publication

Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan, [2016]

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Description

xi, 203 pages; 22 cm.

Series Statement

Arthurian and courtly cultures

Uniform Title

Studies in Arthurian and courtly cultures.

Subject

• Malory, Thomas, Sir, active 15th century
• Malory, Thomas, Sir, active 15th century > Women
• Speech in literature

Genre/Form

• masters theses.
• theses.
• doctoral dissertations.
• dissertations.
• Academic theses
• Thèses et écrits académiques.

Thesis (note)

• Thesis (Ph. D.) - University of Cambridge.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

1. Introduction -- 2. The 111-Speaking Woman and the Marriageable Lady -- 2.1. Lyonet and Lyonesse -- 2.1.1. Ipomadon and Gareth -- 2.1.2. Gareth, Lybeaus Desconus, Perceval and La Cote Male Tayle -- 2.1.3. The Beheading Scenes in Ipomadon and Gareth -- 2.1.4. The Marriageable Lady -- 2.2. Maledysaunte -- 2.3. Morgan, Alys and Morgan's Cousin -- 2.4. The Damsels of Arroy, and Nynyve and Ettarde -- 3. Magical and Miraculous Women -- 3.1. Malory's Magic in Context: Portrayals of Eleanor Cobham's Witchcraft in Late Medieval England -- 3.1.1. Morgan le Fay -- 3.1.2. Female Sorceresses in Late Medieval Romances -- 3.1.3. Malory's Morgan and Caxton's Medea -- 3.1.4. Morgan in Arthur's Death Scene and the Stanzaic Morte Arthur -- 3.2. Nynyve -- 3.3. Percival's Sister -- 3.4. A Note on the Grail Demons -- 4. `Whyle She Might Be Suffirde': Ladies In (Unrequited) Love -- 4.1. Lust and Treason: Women as Seductresses and Decoys in `The Tale of Sir Launcelot du Lake' -- 4.2. Malory's Elaynes -- 4.2.1. Elayne of Corbyn -- 4.2.2. Elayne of Ascolat -- 5. True Lovers and Adulterous Queens -- 5.1. Generous Love in Malory's Episode of the Knight of the Cart -- 5.2. Displacement Anxiety: Lancelot and Guinevere in the Final Stages of Le Morte Darthur -- 5.3. Isode -- 6. Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Manuscripts/Facsimiles -- Primary Texts -- Secondary Sources -- Index.

ISBN

• 9783319342030
• 3319342037
• 9783319342047 (online) (canceled/invalid)

LCCN

9783319342030

OCLC

1039529562

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library