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Malory's Morte Darthur , which transformed the sprawling thirteenth-century French Vulgate Cycle romances for fifteenth-century English readers, is often seen as the culmination of the medieval Arthurian tradition and a consolidation of Arthur's reputation as a perfect chivalric ruler. Examining Malory's political language, this study challenges the accepted view of Arthur's kingship and the role of the Round Table fellowship. Considering a range of historical and political sources, Ruth Lexton suggests that Malory used a specific lexicon to engage with contemporary problems of kingship and demonstrates that the Morte interrogates the collapse of the English monarchy during the Wars of the Roses.

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Book category Książki po angielsku Literature & literary studies Literature: history & criticism Literary studies: general

• Full title: Contested Language in Malory's Morte Darthur
• Subtitle: The Politics of Romance in Fifteenth-Century England
• Author: Ruth Lexton
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardback
• Number of pages: 248
• EAN: 9781137364821
• ISBN: 1137364823
• ID: 04771448
• Publisher: PALGRAVE MACMILLAN
• Weight: 436 g
• Dimensions: 145 × 222 × 20 mm
• Date of publishing: 18. June 2014

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