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Author:

Tolhurst, Fiona.

Title:

Geoffrey of Monmouth and the feminist origins of the Arthurian legend / Fiona Tolhurst.

Edition:

First edition.

Publisher:

Palgrave Macmillan,

Copyright Date:

2012

Description:

x, 196 pages ; 23 cm.

Subject:

Geoffrey,--of Monmouth, Bishop of St. Asaph,--1100?-1154.--Vita Merlini.
Geoffrey,--of Monmouth, Bishop of St. Asaph,--1100?-1154.--Historia regum Britanniae.
Arthurian romances--Sources.
Women in literature.
Wace,--approximately 1100-approximately 1175.--Roman de Brut.
Layamon,--active 1200.--Brut.
Historiography--Great Britain--History--To 1500.
Great Britain--Historiography.--To 1485--Historiography.
LITERARY CRITICISM / Medieval.
LITERARY CRITICISM / Feminist.
LITERARY CRITICISM / General.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Summary:

"In this study, Fiona Tolhurst offers the first feminist analysis the Arthurian section of Geoffrey of Monmouth's History of the Kings of Britain and his Life of Merlin. It argues that Geoffrey's history presents the marriage of Queen Igerna and King Uther as founded upon both love and equality, Igerna and Uther's daughter Anna as a pivotal figure in British history, and Queen Ganhumara as King Arturus's partner in power. In addition, the Merlin poem introduces a Morgen who possesses powers that Merlin does not, and a Ganieda who replaces Merlin as the prophet of the Britons"-- Provided by publisher.

Series:

Arthurian and courtly cultures

ISBN:

1403965439
9781403965431

OCLC:

(OCoLC)794176306

LCCN:

2012016857

Locations:

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)