Geoffrey of Monmouth as feminist historian, mythmaker, and mythographer

Geoffrey of Monmouth's fame as the biographer of the legendary hero King Arthur has often prevented readers from recognizing his significance as a historian and creator of myth. However, Geoffrey should be famous as the only feministhistorian of medieval Britain whose female figures offer models of good rule and political savvy. FIONA TOLHURST Associate Professor of English at Alfred University, USA. She teaches medieval and renaissance literature and co-chairs the Medieval and Renaissance Studies Program. She has published articles on English and French Arthurian literature in 'Arthuriana' and 'Bibliographical Bulletin of the International Arthurian Society', on medieval historiography in 'Historical Reflections/Reflexions Historiques', and on C.S. Lewis for the Arthurian volume of the 'Dictionary of Literary Biography'. She has edited a special issue of 'Arthuriana' on Geoffrey of Monmouth (Winter 1998) as well as co-edited with BonnieWheeler On 'Arthurian Women: Essays in Memory of Maureen Fries' (Dallas: Scriptorium Press, 2001). INDICE: Introduction - PART I: GEOFFREY OF MONMOUTH AS FEMINIST HISTORIAN - Geoffrey of Monmouth, His Predecessors, and His Contemporaries - Geoffrey ofMonmouth and the Development of Medieval English Historiography - PART II: GEOFFREY OF MONMOUTH AS ARTHURIAN MYTHMAKER - Wace and Lawman: Feminist and Anti-feminist Translations of Geoffrey's Historia - Sir Thomas Malory as Feminist Fence-Sitter - Fictional and Cinematic Reinterpretations of Geoffrey's Feminist Legacy - PART III: GEOFFREY OF MONMOUTH AND THE ORIGINS OF MEDIEVAL FEMINISTMYTHOGRAPHY - Boccaccio and Chaucer: Anti-Feminist and Feminist Heirs to Geoffrey's Legacy - Christine de Pizan: Geoffrey's Feminist Soul Mate - Conclusion-

• ISBN: 978-1-4039-6543-1
• Editorial: Palgrave MacM
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 256
• Fecha Publicación: 27/05/2011
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