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- catalog abstract ""The question of how far the society in which Malory lived reflects that depicted in the Morte Darthur has always been hotly debated. While many critics have considered it a work of anachronistic escapism, more recently it has been argued that the romanticised world of chivalry and the reality of the gentry community revealed in contemporary letter collections represent complementary but irreconcilable aspects of fifteenth-century aristocratic life. This book challenges both assumptions, arguing that behind the chivalric facade of Malory's work lie the anxieties and aspirations of the 'real' aristocracy: it presents three distinct pictures of the Malorian knight, as landowner, as an active member of political society, and as a representative of a social group earnestly preoccupied with its self-image and place in society. These three pictures, the author suggests, set behind the archetypal knight-errant in the foreground of Malory's chivalric narrative, illuminate not only Malorian chivalry, but also the mentality of the late medieval aristocracy."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b11869528.
- catalog created "2000.".
- catalog date "2000".
- catalog date "2000.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "2000.".
- catalog description ""The question of how far the society in which Malory lived reflects that depicted in the Morte Darthur has always been hotly debated. While many critics have considered it a work of anachronistic escapism, more recently it has been argued that the romanticised world of chivalry and the reality of the gentry community revealed in contemporary letter collections represent complementary but irreconcilable aspects of fifteenth-century aristocratic life. This book challenges both assumptions, arguing that behind the chivalric facade of Malory's work lie the anxieties and aspirations of the 'real' aristocracy: it presents three distinct pictures of the Malorian knight, as landowner, as an active member of political society, and as a representative of a social group earnestly preoccupied with its self-image and place in society. These three pictures, the author suggests, set behind the archetypal knight-errant in the foreground of Malory's chivalric narrative, illuminate not only Malorian chivalry, but also the mentality of the late medieval aristocracy."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [141]-150) and index.".
- catalog extent "155 p. ;".
- catalog identifier "0859916030".
- catalog isPartOf "Arthurian studies, 0261-9814 ; 45".
- catalog issued "2000".
- catalog issued "2000.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Rochester, NY : D.S. Brewer,".
- catalog spatial "England".
- catalog subject "823/.2 21".
- catalog subject "Aristocracy (Social class) England History To 1500.".
- catalog subject "Aristocracy (Social class) in literature.".
- catalog subject "Arthurian romances History and criticism.".
- catalog subject "Chivalry in literature.".
- catalog subject "Knights and knighthood in literature.".
- catalog subject "Literature and society England History To 1500.".
- catalog subject "Malory, Thomas, Sir, active 15th century. Morte d'Arthur.".
- catalog subject "PR2045 .K48 2001".
- catalog title "The knight without the sword : a social landscape of Malorian chivalry / Hyonjin Kim.".
- catalog type "Criticism, interpretation, etc. fast".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".