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Essays examining Arthurian and Chronicle texts, contexts, and reception, in honour of Fiona Tolhurst's contributions to Arthurian Studies. In her all-too-short but ground-breaking academic career, Fiona Tolhurst made significant contributions to the discipline of Arthurian Studies, advancing, amongst much else, understanding of Geoffrey of Monmouth, Arthurian Women, the English Mortes, and modern Arthuriana, including cinematic versions of the legend. The essays assembled here reflect her commitment to explication of Arthurian and Chronicle texts and contexts. Several engage with Geoffrey of Monmouth, examining, among other topics, the depiction of women in his narrative of British origins; the function of giants and significance of landscape and geography in his writings; the contrast between Geoffrey's Trojan-British empire and the Graeco-Egyptian foundation narratives of Scottish and Irish chronicles; and the reception and use of his writing from the sixteenth through nineteenth centuries. Other contributors consider characterization and politics in the Brut tradition and Malory; the puzzling dualities of the alliterative Morte; the reception of Malory's ""Trystram""; continuities between medieval and modern readings of the Morte Darthur; and the uses, adaptation, and appropriation of Arthurian themes and ideals in the twenty-first century.

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Author:   Dorsey Armstrong (Customer, Purdue University) ,  K S Whetter (Royalty Account, Acadia University) ,  Alan Lupack (Royalty Account) ,  Amy S Kaufman (Contributor)
Publisher:   Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Imprint:   D.S. Brewer
Weight:   0.666kg
ISBN:  

9781843847250

ISBN 10:   1843847256
Pages:   236
Publication Date:   05 August 2025
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  College/higher education ,  Professional & Vocational ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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List of Illustrations Introduction: Dorsey Armstrong and K. S. Whetter Chapter 1: Scota Edward Donald Kennedy Chapter 2: Bad Girls and the Britons: Ronwein, the Feminist Villain of De gestis Britonum Daniel Helbert Chapter 3: Primitivism, Colonialism, and the Rhetoric of Topography: Geoffrey of Monmouth's Giants of Albion and Britain's Chalk Giant Figures Lorraine Kochanske Stock Chapter 4: The Reception of the Legendary History of Britain Alan Lupack Chapter 5: What we leave behind: Legacy in Malory's Characterisation Raluca L. Radulescu Chapter 6: 'Both/And': Engaging the alliterative Morte Arthure Dorsey Armstrong Chapter 7: Some Problems with the Critical Reception of Malory's 'Boke of Sir Trystram': Quondam nec Futurus K. S. Whetter Chapter 8: Malory in the Time of Pandemic Kevin T. Grimm Chapter 9: How to Handle a Woman: Aaron Sorkin's Camelot Susan Aronstein and Kathleen Coyne Kelly Epilogue: Painting Lions Amy S. Kaufman List of Contributors Index

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DORSEY ARMSTRONG is Professor of English at Purdue University. K.S. WHETTER is Professor of English at Acadia University. DANIEL HELBERT is Assistant Professor of English in the Department of Literature and Languages at Young Harris College. DORSEY ARMSTRONG is Professor of English at Purdue University. K.S. WHETTER is Professor of English at Acadia University. Dr Raluca Radulescu is Senior Lecturer in Medieval Literature, Bangor University

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