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Knight Prisoner : Thomas Malory Then and Now.

Going on a quest of Thomas Malory and of the meaning of his classic Le Morte d'Arthur, this work addresses the text's central preoccupationsviolence, desire, and the nature of Englishnessby asking such questions as Who was Malory? Why did successive authorities want to lock him up? How did...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Lustig, T. J.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Sussex Academic Press, 2013.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Going on a quest of Thomas Malory and of the meaning of his classic Le Morte d'Arthur, this work addresses the text's central preoccupationsviolence, desire, and the nature of Englishnessby asking such questions as Who was Malory? Why did successive authorities want to lock him up? How did he come to write the Le Morte d'Arthur? and Why has that text been so persistent a presence in English culture? The book places Malory in his social context, at a time of unprecedented national and regional unrest, and author T.J. Lustig traces the connections between writers and commentatorsfrom Tennyson to T.S. Eliotwho have been fascinated by Malory's work. Noting that Le Morte d'Arthur was one of the last great literary works of the Middle Ages, this work also discusses how it was also one of the first to articulate a distinctively modern set of concerns, particularly with the nature of identity, both personal and national, and as such, Knight Prisoner: Thomas Malory Then and Now will send readers back to Malory's work with renewed enjoyment and understanding.
Descripción Física:1 online resource
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-230) and index.
ISBN:1306170370
9781306170376
9781782841203
1782841202
9781782841180
1782841180