Malory's Book of Arms by Andrew Lynch

Malory's Book of Arms by Andrew Lynch

This study of Sir Thomas Malory's Le Morte Darthur centres on its main narrative interest and expressive medium, armed combat. In the analysis of the discourse of fighting, some repeated descriptive preoccupations -to do with name, vision, blood, emotion and gesture - are examined as needs of meaning with relevance for the whole text, and related to political, religious, genealogical, sexual and medical views of Malory's period. Andrew Lynch's exploration of the power of name as public reputation in the Morte challenges the usual reading of Malory's adventures, and he goes on to survey Malory reception and the attempts of earlier critics to moralise the fights in terms he sees as inappropriate. His discussion of the narrative vision and thematics of combat covers the whole text, but places special emphasis on the stories of knight-errantry, and particularly the often neglected Book of Sir Tristram. ANDREW LYNCH is Senior Lecturer in English at the University of Western Australia.

A well-written study of an important but neglected aspect of Malory's artLynch's concern is Malory's treatment of knightly combat and the complex implications with which he is able to invest his descriptions of fighting... Subtle and sensitive. * SPECULUM *
Subtle and challenging... Read this book: it will make you think. * ALBION P J C FIELD *
No one who has read Andrew Lynch's splendid study will be tempted to ignore `the narrative of combat', for he shows that it is `both a means and an end in Malory'. Well researched and organised, learned, and a useful contribution to Arthurian studies. * CHOICE *

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ISBN 13	9780859915113
ISBN 10	0859915115
Title	Malory's Book of Arms
Author	Andrew Lynch
Series	Arthurian Studies
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	D.S.Brewer
Year published	1997-04-17
Number of pages	192
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