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Women of words in Le morte darthur = the autonomy of speech in Malory's female characters /

紀錄類型:	書目-語言資料,印刷品 : Monograph/item
正題名/作者:	Women of words in Le morte darthur/ by Siobhan M. Wyatt.
其他題名:	the autonomy of speech in Malory's female characters /
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. -
電子資源:	http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-34204-7
ISBN:	9783319342047

Women of words in Le morte darthur = the autonomy of speech in Malory's female characters /
Wyatt, Siobhan M.

Women of words in Le morte darthurthe autonomy of speech in Malory's female characters /[electronic resource] :by Siobhan M. Wyatt. - Cham :Springer International Publishing :2016. - xi, 203 p. :ill., digital ;24 cm. - Arthurian and courtly cultures. - Arthurian and courtly cultures..

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.

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.

ISBN: 9783319342047

Standard No.: 10.1007/978-3-319-34204-7doiSubjects--Personal Names:

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Malory, Thomas,
Sir,active 15th century--CharactersSubjects--Topical Terms:

579585
Speech in literature.

LC Class. No.: PR2047 / .W93 2016

Dewey Class. No.: 823.2

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