Marriage, Adultery and Inheritance in Malory's Morte Darthur

An exploration of how Malory deals with the themes of love, marriage and adultery, revealing the socially conservative vantage of the gentry and nobility.

List of contents

Pledging Troth in Malory's "Tale of Sir Gareth"
The King and Queen's Marriage: Dowry, Infertilit, and Adultery
Marriageable Daughters: The Two Elaines
Fathers and Sons in Malory
Royal Bastardy, Incest, and a Failed Dynasty

About the author

Karen Cherewatuk

Product details

• Authors: Karen Cherewatuk
• Publisher: Boydell & Brewer
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 21.09.2006
• EAN: 9781843840893
• ISBN: 978-1-84384-089-3
• No. of pages: 180
• Dimensions: 163 mm x 239 mm x 19 mm
• Weight: 408 g
• Series: Arthurian Studies; Arthurian Studies
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Texte: Antike und Mittelalter, Literatur: Geschichte und Kritik, LITERARY CRITICISM / Medieval, LITERARY COLLECTIONS / Ancient & Classical, Literature - Classics / Criticism, LITERARY COLLECTIONS / Medieval