The Arthurian way of death : the English tradition /: the English tradition. ([2009])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Karen Cherewatuk and K.S. Whetter.
• Editors: Cherewatuk, Karen; Whetter, K. S (Kevin Sean), 1969-
• Contents: Pt. 1. The early tradition in England. "But here Geoffrey falls silent" : death, Arthur, and the Historia regum Britannie / Siân Echard ; Mordred's sons / Edward Donald Kennedy ; Dying in Uncle Arthur's arms and at his hands / Karen Cherewatuk -- pt. 2. Middle English romance and Malory. "Hadet with an aluisch mon" and "britned to no[yogh]t [nowt]" : Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, death, and the devil / Michael W. Twomey ; Love and death in Arthurian romance / K.S. Whetter ; Death in the margins : dying and scribal performance in the Winchester manuscript / Thomas H. Crofts ; The legible corpses of Le morte Darthur / Michael Wenthe ; Malory and the death of kings : the politics of regicide at Salisbury Plain / Lisa Robeson ; "Layde to the colde erthe" : death, Arthur's knights, and narrative closure / Cory James Rushton -- pt. 3. Medieval influence and the modern Arthuriana. Arthurian exits : alone, together, or none of the above / Janina P. Traxler ; Woman as agent of death in Tennyson's Idylls of the king / James Noble ; Death as 'neglect of duty' in Howard Pyle's The story of the Grail and the passing of Arthur / Julie Nelson Couch ; Death and the "grimly voice" in David Jones's In parenthesis / Samantha Rayner ; Roll the final credits : some notes on cinematic depictions of the death of Arthur / Kevin J. Harty.
• Publisher Details: Woodbridge, UK Rochester, N.Y : D.S. Brewer
• Publication Date: 2009
• Copyright Date: 2009
• Extent: 1 online resource (259 pages), illustrations
• Subjects: 820.9351; Arthurian romances -- History and criticism; Death in literature; Arthurian romances in motion pictures; Death in motion pictures; Cycle d'Arthur -- Histoire et critique; Mort dans la littérature; Cycle d'Arthur au cinéma; Mort au cinéma; LITERARY CRITICISM -- European -- English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh; HISTORY -- Medieval; Arthurian romances; Arthurian romances in motion pictures; Death in literature; Death in motion pictures; Criticism, interpretation, etc; Death and burial -- Legends -- History and criticism
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781846156922; 1846156920
• Related ISBNs: 9781843842088; 1843842084
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
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