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Showing 1 to 14 of 14 for “"Arthurian legend"”.
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Medieval Courtly Love: The Links between Courtly Love, Christianity, and the Roles of Women in Tennyson and Morris.
… nobility because of the mystique that surrounds legendary stories like Lancelot and Guinevere. Courtly love encompasses spiritual awakening, lust, passion, adultery, and religion; therefore, the art of courtly love intrigues as well as interests its readers.</p> <p>Many critics have studied the …
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Invention? Geoffrey of Monmouth and the Nature of De Gestis Britonum
… bulk of British history, and more especially the Arthurian legend, through his composition of De Gestis Britonum, also known as Historia Regum Britonum. Because so little of the text can be corroborated by other sources, Geoffrey is, however affectionately, referred to as a fraud, and scholars of …
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The Once and Future Traitor: Mordred from the Medieval to the Modern
… tainted with each century of reworking of the Arthurian legend. Arthurian culture is so extensive and varied, however, that this generalization can only be reductive. This study takes a long view of the writing of Mordred from the medieval to the present day. Its focus on a single, narratively …
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Rape and Male Identity in Arthurian Romance, Chrétien de Troyes to Marion Zimmer Bradley
… work explores the evolution of troped rape in Arthurian literature from the 12th century to modern day. I focus on three works: Chrétien de Troyes Erec et Enide, Edmund Spenser's The Faerie Queene, and Marion Zimmer Bradley's The Mists of Avalon. In each, I examine the five functions of troped …
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Masks of the Dark Goddess in Arthurian Literature: Origin and Evolution of Morgan le Fay
<p>The world of Arthurian legend is one steeped in mythology and magic, reflecting ancient Celtic traditions and tales that long preceded it. Such tales often feature perplexing and seemingly contradictory characters who drive complex plotlines and frequently challenge primary figures, greatly …
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Arthurian mythology in the twentieth century : T.H. White and John Steinbeck's interpretations of Malory's Morte d'Arthur
… and his Noble Knights, two novels based on the Arthurian legend, and to investigate their reliance on Malory's Morte Darthur. A close critical reading of both texts is provided. The thesis begins by setting the novels in the context of the body of twentieth-century literature inspired by the …
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The Challenge Of Playing Multiple Arthurian Characters
… analysis provides background into origin of the Arthurian legend and an examination of its historical development. A social analysis provides information on the role of women in medieval society with a discussion of the customs and laws that applied to them. Furthermore, a structural analysis of …
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Gendered magic and Arthurian sovereignty
… popular traditions of the medieval period, the legends of King Arthur are particularly suited to a study of the role of the supernatural in the establishment and maintenance of sovereignty in medieval romance. My dissertation, “Gendered Magic and Arthurian Sovereignty,” argues that the …
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‘Amore Captus:’ Turning Bedtricks in the Arthurian Canon
… the past 1,400 years, the many retellings of Arthurian legend have served as a lens by which readers have been able to explore issues of power, ethics, and identity. The Arthurian canon has been appropriated by different generations, cultures, and ideological groups over the centuries to …
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On a Quest for Manhood: Re-Imagining Medieval Masculinities and Male Maturation in Contemporary Arthurian Adaptations for Adolescents
Since the Middle Ages, the Arthurian legend has enjoyed a principal status in Western literature and culture. Throughout this long history, contributions to and adaptations of the legend have been deeply concerned with gender identity and ideals, masculinity in particular. These concerns have also …
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On self-becoming and so what? Searching for a transforming vision for our untransformed world
… encounters I had from my youngest years with the Arthurian legend-turned-myth which eventually became the organising framework for my book, Finding Merlin. In it, I offer my own précis of the anonymous, late 14th Century Sir Gawin And The Green Knight, the greatest chivalric poem of the English …