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: Clark, David, 1977-, McClune, Katherine Anne, 1978-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge : D.S. Brewer, 2011.
Series:Arthurian literature ; 28.
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontcover; CONTENTS; GENERAL EDITORS' FOREWORD; PREFACE; LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS; ABBREVIATIONS; I Reading Malory's Bloody Bedrooms; II (Dis)Figuring Transgressive Desire: Blood, Sex, and Stained Sheets in Malory's Morte Darthur; III Bewmaynes: the threat from the kitchen; IV Sibling Relations in Malory's Morte Darthur; V 'Traytoures' and 'Treson': the Language of Treason in the Works of Sir Thomas Malory; VI 'The Vengeaunce of My Brethirne': Blood Ties in Malory's Morte Darthur; VII Malory and the Scots; VIII Blood, Faith and Saracens in 'The Book of Sir Tristram'
  • IX Barriers Unbroken: Sir Palomydes the Saracen in 'The Book of Sir Tristram'X Virginity, Sexuality, Repression and Return in the 'Tale of the Sankgreal'; XI Launcelot in Compromising Positions: Fabliau in Malory's 'Tale of Sir Launcelot du Lake'; Backcover