The Social and Literary Contexts of Malory's Morte Darthur, Vol. 42
These studies look at Malory's Morte Darthur as both literature and history. Insights into warfare and into contemporary attitudes to violence and the depredations of war are balanced by considerations of the literary context of the Morte, both with regard to the manuscript tradition of 'grete bokes', and the first printed version. Current critical attitudes to the Morte are also examined, with the suggestion that Malory's intentions have been both imperfectly realised and understood. D....
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Malory's world explored, from the battle of Towton to the 'grete bokes' of chivalric material composd for aristocratic families.
