Aspects of Malory
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Takamiya, Toshiyuki / Brewer, Derek, PUBLISHER: Boydell & Brewer, This volume ong>ofong> ong>essayong>s is aimed at advong>anong>cing the appreciation ong>ofong> Malory, ong>anong> author who has always been enjoyed by the common reader, but is still sometimes underestimated by the critics. Despite ong>anong> increasing number ong>ofong> articles on Malory, there is a need for a general survey ong>ofong> recent research, whichl> Aspects ong>ofong> Malory /l>provides. The volume opens with a note by the late Prong>ofong>essor Vinaver on Malory's prose, ong>anong>d three ong>essayong>s on Malory's Englishness ong>anong>d his English sources, including ong>anong> ong>essayong> by P. J. C. Field which argues for ong>anong> English rather thong>anong> a French origin for the l>Tale ong>ofong> Gareth/l>. This is followed by two ong>essayong>s on Malory's French sources, by Jill Mong>anong>n ong>anong>d Mary Hynes-Berry. Therence McCarthy re-exasmines the sequence ong>ofong> the tales, ong>anong>d three further ong>essayong>s look at the scribal ong>anong>d textual tradition ong>ofong> Malory's work, in particular the relationship between the Winchester MS, Caxton's printed version, ong>anong>d the history ong>ofong> the MS. Finally, Richard R. Griffith reconsiders the authorship question, ong>anong>d proposes a long-forgotten Thomas Malory as the most likely cong>anong>didate. There is a bibliography ong>ofong> recent research compiled by Prong>ofong>essor Takamiya.Full ong>ofong> sound scholarship'. TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENTVolume ong>ofong> ong>essayong>s aimed at advong>anong>cing the appreciation ong>ofong> Malory ong>anong>d providing a general survey ong>ofong> critical research; topics covered include Malory's sources, both French ong>anong>d English, the scribal ong>anong>d texual tradition ong>ofong> his work, ong>anong>d the question ong>ofong> authorship.