Geoffrey of Monmouth and the Feminist Origins of the Arthurian Legend (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781403965431)

Geoffrey of Monmouth and the Feminist Origins of the Arthurian Legend provides the first feminist analysis of both the Arthurian section of The History of the Kings of Britain and The Life of Merlin. Fiona Tolhurst argues that because Geoffrey creates nontraditional and unusually powerful female figures, he stands outside of - and works against the misogyny of - the medieval literary tradition. This study employs the strategies of both historicist and New Historicist critics and adds a new dimension to existing scholarship by proposing that the word 'feminist' can be used to describe a medieval text that presents female figures meaningfully and, in most cases, positively.

Author: F. Tolhurst
ISBN-10: 1403965439
ISBN-13: 9781403965431
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Language: English
Published: 10/25/2012
Pages: 196
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.80lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.60w x 0.70d

Review Citation(s):
Choice 07/01/2013