| Women at the Round Table: Female Characters in Arthurian Literature Contributor(s): Adams, Theresa (Author) |
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ISBN: ISBN-13: 9798517679383 Publisher: Independently Published OUR PRICE: $14.24 Product Type: Paperback Published: June 2021 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology |
| Physical Information: 0.21" H x 6" W x 9" (0.30 lbs) 86 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Over the last few decades, much has been written about the Arthurian literature, which has proved the unrelenting popularity of this subject matter. Most of the academic literature focuses on traditional Arthurian books written by men and thus supports this pre-dominant interpretation of the Matter of Britain - or, in another extreme, advocates the male-written texts entirely along with providing its readers with a one-sided feminist interpretation of the story. In this respect, this book is distinct as it aims at an impartial interpretation of the most significant representatives of the Arthurian literature within each particular era, with the objectivity being one of its crucial attributes. It explores female characters in traditional medieval texts and then follows some of their modern recreations through the ages. It subsequently attempts to trace the development of these women characters in relation to the position of women in the different eras. This book covers the following works of art: Geoffrey of Monmouth s Historia Regum Britanniae Chrétien de Troyes' Erec and Enide, Cligés, Yvain, the Knight of the Lion, Lancelot, the Knight of the Cart, and Perceval, the Story of the Grail Sir Gawain and the Green Knight Le Morte Darthur by Thomas Malory Morris, William: The Defence of Guinevere Alfred Tennyson's Idylls of the King The Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer Bradley This book is to be used by an intrigued academic as well as by anyone else who may find themselves pondering over the disparateness of the characters of Guinevere and Morgan and their shifting between good and evil over the centuries. |