JIAS 2023

The latest volume of the Journal of the International Arthurian Society. Access is available for purchase from the publisher. 

Journal of the International Arthurian Society

Volume 11 Issue 1

September 2023

Publicly Available September 7, 2023

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‘Que nus contes de ce n’amende’: Chrétien de Troyes and the assertion of copyright
Keith Busby, Leah Tether
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Arthurian intertexts: Le Roman de Laurin, the First Continuation of Perceval and the Prose Tristan
Corin Corley
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Acheflour and Blauncheflour: Mothers and Wives in Sir Percyvell of Galles and Sir Tristrem
Aude Martin
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Petrine Failings and Broken Pentangles: Sir Gawain and the Green Knight’s Chivalric Felix Culpa
Arielle McKee
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Eric fighting in Guatemala. Adaptation and proximation of medieval Arthurian literature in Manuel Vázquez Montalbán’s Erec y Enide
Carlos Sanz Mingo
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Von den nahtweiden. Mythologische Subtexte in der Crône Heinrichs von dem Türlin
Christoph Schanze
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The Transmedial Knights of the Round Table: Character-Based Worldbuilding in the Manuscripts of Chrétien de Troyes
Caitlin G. Watt
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Obituary

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Mary Dewey (1947–2023)
Linda Gowans, Alison Rawles
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Gilles Eckard (1949–2022)
Alain Corbellari
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Amanda Hopkins (1962–2022)
Emma Campbell
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Freda Humble (1922–2022)
Sue Bennett, Linda Gowans
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Ian Lovecy (1947–2022)
P. J. C. Field
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Roger Simpson (1938–2022)
Alan Lupack, Barbara Tepa Lupack, Kevin J. Harty
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Notices

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XXVIIth International Arthurian Congress, Aix-en-Provence, France, 11–18 July 2024
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Biennial JIAS Essay Prize Competition 2024–25
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Arthuriana Winter 2023

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Arthuriana 33.4 

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Guenevere’s Raptus-Sanctus Triumphs in Sir Thomas Malory’s Morte Darthur 

D. Thomas Hanks, Jr. 

Abstract:

Generally speaking, scholars of Malory's Morte Darthur have given Guenevere bad press. Terms like 'shrew' and 'virago' have been often applied, while her agency has been largely ignored or minimized. Recently, however, scholars have begun to reconsider her characterization and even her agency. Analysis of her response to Meleagant's attempted raptus, however, has been minimal; likewise minimal has been discussion of her response to Lancelot both with respect to Meleagant and to Lancelot's late and apparently marital desire. Both men become wholly subject to Guenevere's subtle but masterful agency. [DTH, Jr,]

Dramatic Spectacle in LaƷamon: The Brut’s Direct Speeches, Aestheticized Violence, and Gendered Historical Reenactments 

Johanna Alden

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This article explores the phenomena of dramatized direct speech and public performative spectacle within LaƷamon's Brut. In examining the text's largely historically unexplored dramatic dimensions, the piece also engages with the way that speech and performance are politicized and gendered in the Brut.

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Launch of ‘The So What’: public-facing, digital publication focusing on the ‘whys’ and ‘so whats’ of medieval studies and pedagogy 

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REVIEWS 

Heather Blurton and Dwight F. Reynolds, eds., Bestsellers and Masterpieces: The Changing Medieval Canon 

Katherine Oswald 

Andrew Breeze, The Historical Arthur and the Gawain Poet: Studies on Arthurian and Other Traditions

Richard Firth Green 

Tara Hernandez and Damon Lindelof, creators, Mrs. Davis, (eight-part miniseries)

Susan Aronstein and Laurie Finke 

Carolyne Larrington, The Norse Myths That Shape the Way We Think

Tim William Machan 

Tim William Machan, English Begins at Jamestown

Kevin J. Harty

John Matthews, The Great Book of King Arthur and His Knights of the Round Table:  A New Morte D’Arthur 

Alan Lupack 

Charlie Samuelson, Courtly and Queer: Deconstruction, Desire, and Medieval French Literature 

Megan Moore 

Eva Von Contzen and James Simpson, eds., Enlistment: Lists in Medieval and Early Modern Literature

Michael Van Dussen  

Arthuriana Fall 2023

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Arthuriana 33.3 (Fall 2023)

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Special Issue: Who Gets to Be Legendary? 

Guest edited by Margaret Sheble

Introduction: Why Can’t Mermaids Be Ethnically Diverse? Legends and Legend-Making in Arthurian Studies 

Richard Sévère 

White Merlin: A Modern Misconception about the Legendary Merlin

Tzu-Yu Liu 

Abstract:

Different from the predominantly white Merlins on both big and small screens today, Merlins in medieval legends are never described as having white skin. In fact, in various texts Merlin is specifically depicted as a dark-skinned character capable of making legendary accomplishments. The few Merlins of color onscreen have informed our understanding of Merlin as a legendary character in various ways, and more diverse representations of Merlin onscreen could help to dispel the misconception that the legendary Merlin is by default white. (TL)

‘Why is he Indian?’: Missed Opportunities for Discussing Race in David Lowery’s The Green Knight (2021)

Tirumular (Drew) Narayanan 

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This article explores the depiction of Gawain in The Green Knight (2021). Despite having cast Dev Patel in the starring role, the film avoids any substantive discussion of race in Camelot. By trading in optical diversity alone, it deploys BIPOC bodies without ever telling their stories. (TDN)

Towards Narrative Plenitude: Asian Representation in Young Adult Arthurian Fantasy 

Pamela M. Yee 

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This article examines how two authors of Asian descent tackle the problem of 'narrative scarcity' for marginalized writers in their Young Adult Arthurian texts: Williams' 'The Quay Stone' posits the relationship between colonizer/colonized as akin to domestic abuse, while Chupeco's A Hundred Names for Magic series integrates Eastern and Western myths. (PY)

Who is Asking?: Afro-Arthurian Legend-Making in N.K. Jemisin’s Far Sector 

D’Arcee Charington Neal 

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Whether an Arthurian knight, a Green Lantern, or a Legendborn, one cannot have a legacy without first becoming a legend. In N.K. Jemisin's graphic novel Far Sector (2020) Sojourner 'Jo' Muellein's story as both community activist and guardian echoes, reinvents, and reimagines Arthurian romances through the lens of Afrofuturism; further, this fantastical remix challenges white supremacist modes of oppressive comic tradition by foregrounding racial and gendered identities. Making a legend is not about whom society has agreed to be the answer. Instead, such ideals lie with whoever asks the question. (DCN)

REVIEWS 

Victoria Coldham-Fussell, Miriam Edlich-Muth, and Renée Ward, eds., The Arthurian World

Dan Nastali 

Louise D’Arcens and Andrew Lynch, eds., International Medievalism and Popular Culture 

Kevin J. Harty 

Patrick Del Luca, Chevalerie et royauté dans le roman d’Erec de Hartmann van Aue 

Ann Mccullough 

Megan Moore, The Erotics of Grief: Emotions and the Construction of Privilege in the Medieval Mediterranean 

Charles-Louis Morand-Métiver