Blood, sex, Malory : essays on the Morte d'Arthur /
Sex, blood, and gender have diverse associations in the Malorian tradition, yet their inter-relatedness and intersections are comparatively understudied. This present collection of essays is intended to go some way toward remedying the need for a sustained examination of blood ties, kinship, gender,...
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| Other Authors: | , |
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge :
D.S. Brewer,
2011.
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| Series: | Arthurian literature ;
28. |
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| Online Access: | Connect to this title online (unlimited users allowed) |
| Summary: | Sex, blood, and gender have diverse associations in the Malorian tradition, yet their inter-relatedness and intersections are comparatively understudied. This present collection of essays is intended to go some way toward remedying the need for a sustained examination of blood ties, kinship, gender, and sexuality, and the prominence of these themes in Malory's work. They concentrate in particular upon the analyses of sexuality and sexual activity (and its lack or erasure) and the significance of blood (and blood-shedding) in the Morte Darthur, as well as the interconnections with gender (biolo. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xii, 197 pages). |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: | 9781846159879 1846159873 1283620456 9781283620451 9786613932907 6613932906 |