| Arthurian Literature XXXVI: Sacred Space and Place in Arthurian Romance Contributor(s): Leitch, Megan G. (Editor), Whetter, Kevin S. (Editor), Bowden, Sarah |
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ISBN: 1843846047 ISBN-13: 9781843846048 Publisher: Boydell & Brewer OUR PRICE: $99.75 Product Type: Hardcover Published: June 2021 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Medieval - Literary Criticism | European - General |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 6.1" W x 1.6" (1.00 lbs) 210 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Guest Editors: Sarah Bowden, Susanne Friede and Andreas Hammer This special issue focuses on space and place in Arthurian literature, from a wide range of European traditions. Topics addressed include the connections between quest space and individual spirituality in the Vulgate Queste and Malory's Morte Darthur; penitence in Hartmann's Iwein and Gregorius; parallels in sacred spaces in the Matter of Britain and medieval Ireland; political prophecy in Sir Gawain and the Green Knight and The Awntyrs off Arthure A; syntagmatic and paradigmatic spaces in Chrétien's Perceval; spatial significance in Wigalois and Prosa Lancelot; the political meaning of the tomb of King Lot and the rebel kings in Malory's Morte Darthur; and sexual spaces in twelfth-century French romance. Megan G. Leitch is is Reader in English Literature at Cardiff University, Wales. K. S. Whetter is Professor of English at Acadia University, Nova Scotia. Contributors: Martha Claire Baldon, Sarah Bowden, John Carey, Victoria Flood, Susanne Friede, Andreas Hammer, Cory James Rushton, Charlie Samuelson. |