Geoffrey of Monmouth and the Feminist Origins of the Arthurian Legend

Zusatztext "Geoffrey of Monmouth and the Feminist Origins of the Arthurian Legend is smart! solid! and even. Its clear and precise prose makes it a highly enjoyable read. The reader leaves reevaluating gender ideas about the Middle Ages. Most important! Tolhurst makes it quite hard - even impossible - not to accept that Geoffrey was a feminist of his day . . . Scholars of Geoffrey! Wace! and Layamon will find this book enlightening and indispensable! as will Arthurian and medieval gender scholars more broadly." - The Medieval Review Informationen zum Autor Fiona Tolhurst is Maître Assistante in Medieval and Early Modern English at the University of Geneva, Switzerland. Klappentext Geoffrey of Monmouth and the Feminist Origins of the Arthurian Legend provides the first feminist analysis of both the Arthurian section of The History of the Kings of Britain and The Life of Merlin . Zusammenfassung Geoffrey of Monmouth and the Feminist Origins of the Arthurian Legend provides the first feminist analysis of both the Arthurian section of The History of the Kings of Britain and The Life of Merlin . Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction Geoffrey of Monmouth and the Feminist Origins of the Arthurian Legend Geoffrey of Monmouth's Arthurian Section as Feminist Legend Complicating and Undermining Feminist Legend in the Roman de Brut Displacing Feminist Legend in La?amon's Brut Geoffrey of Monmouth's Life of Merlin as Feminist Text Conclusion

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction Geoffrey of Monmouth and the Feminist Origins of the Arthurian Legend Geoffrey of Monmouth's Arthurian Section as Feminist Legend Complicating and Undermining Feminist Legend in the Roman de Brut Displacing Feminist Legend in La?amon's Brut Geoffrey of Monmouth's Life of Merlin as Feminist Text Conclusion

Bericht

"Geoffrey of Monmouth and the Feminist Origins of the Arthurian Legend is smart, solid, and even. Its clear and precise prose makes it a highly enjoyable read. The reader leaves reevaluating gender ideas about the Middle Ages. Most important, Tolhurst makes it quite hard - even impossible - not to accept that Geoffrey was a feminist of his day . . . Scholars of Geoffrey, Wace, and Layamon will find this book enlightening and indispensable, as will Arthurian and medieval gender scholars more broadly." - The Medieval Review

Produktdetails

• Autoren: F Tolhurst, F. Tolhurst, Fiona Tolhurst
• Verlag: Palgrave UK
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 11.01.2016
• EAN: 9781349528875
• ISBN: 978-1-349-52887-5
• Seiten: 207
• Serien: Arthurian and Courtly Cultures; Arthurian and Courtly Cultures
• Themen: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Sprach- und Literaturwissenschaft > Allgemeine und Vergleichende Literaturwissenschaft; B, Feminism, European History, world history, General & world history, Feminism & feminist theory, Ancient History, Feminist Theory, Feminism and feminist theory, World History, Global and Transnational History, History of Britain and Ireland, Great Britain—History, Literary studies: ancient, classical & medieval, History, Ancient, Classical literature, Classical and Antique Literature, Palgrave Literature Collection, Medieval Literature, Literature, Medieval, History of Ancient Europe, feminism;history;novel;Ovid