Arthuriana Winter 2023

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Arthuriana 33.4 

Table of Contents 

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

Abstract:

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.

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