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Arthurian Literature XXXVI : Sacred Space and Place in Arthurian Romance, Hardback Book

Arthurian Literature XXXVI : Sacred Space and Place in Arthurian Romance Hardback

Edited by Megan G Leitch, Professor Kevin S (Royalty Account) Whetter

Part of the Arthurian Literature series

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Arthurian Literature has established its position as the home for a great diversity of new research into Arthurian matters.

It delivers fascinating material across genres, periods, and theoretical issues.

TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENTGuest Editors: Sarah Bowden, Susanne Friede and Andreas Hammer This special issue focuses on space and place in Arthurian literature, from a wide range of European traditions.

Topics addressed include the connections between quest space and individual spirituality in the Vulgate Queste and Malory's Morte Darthur; penitence in Hartmann's Iwein and Gregorius; parallels in sacred spaces in the Matter of Britain and medieval Ireland; political prophecy in Sir Gawain and the Green Knight and The Awntyrs off Arthure A; syntagmatic and paradigmatic spaces in Chrétien's Perceval; spatial significance in Wigalois and Prosa Lancelot; the political meaning of the tomb of King Lot and the rebel kings in Malory's Morte Darthur; and sexual spaces in twelfth-century French romance.

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