Women of words in Le morte darthur[e...
Malory, Thomas, (Sir,) (active 15th century)

 

  • Women of words in Le morte darthur[electronic resource] :the autonomy of speech in Malory's female characters /
  • 紀錄類型: 書目-電子資源 : Monograph/item
    杜威分類號: 823.2
    書名/作者: Women of words in Le morte darthur : the autonomy of speech in Malory's female characters // by Siobhan M. Wyatt.
    作者: Wyatt, Siobhan M.
    出版者: Cham : : Springer International Publishing :, 2016.
    面頁冊數: xi, 203 p. : : ill., digital ;; 24 cm.
    Contained By: Springer eBooks
    標題: Speech in literature.
    標題: Literature.
    標題: Medieval Literature.
    標題: British and Irish Literature.
    標題: European Literature.
    ISBN: 9783319342047
    ISBN: 9783319342030
    內容註: Introduction -- Chapter One: The Ill-speaking Woman and the Marriageable Lady -- Chapter Two: Magical and Miraculous Women -- Chapter Three: 'Whyle She Might Be Suffirde': Ladies In (Unrequited) Love -- Chapter Four: True Lovers and Adulterous Queens -- Conclusion.
    摘要、提要註: Offering a new reading of Malory's famed text, Le Morte Darthur, this book provides the first full-length survey of the alterations Malory made to female characters in his source texts. Through detailed comparisons with both Old French and Middle English material, Siobhan M. Wyatt discusses how Malory radically altered his French and English source texts to create a gendered pattern in the reliability of speech, depicting female discourse as valuable and truthful. Malory's authorial crafting indicates his preference for a certain "type" of female character: self-governing, opinionated, and strong. Simultaneously, the portrayal of this very readable "type" yields characterization. While late medieval court records indicate an increasingly negative attitude towards female speech and a tendency to punish vociferous women as "scolds," Malory makes the words of chiding damsels constructive. While his contemporary writers suppress the powers of magical women, Malory empowers his enchantress characters; while the authors of his French source texts accentuate Guinevere's flaws, Malory portrays her with sympathy.
    電子資源: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-34204-7
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