Arthurian Literature XXIII

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The essays in this latest volume have a particularly strong focus on English material; they include explorations of Malory's presentation of Sir Dinadan, the connections between ballads and popular romance, and, moving beyond themedieval period, Thomas Love Peacock's 'The Misfortunes of Elphin'. They are complemented by articles on French sources ('L'Atre perilleux', the 'Queste del Saint Graal', and the 'Perlesvaus'), and with an overview of the idea of cowardice and Arthurian narrative. General Editor’s Foreword vii I. Beyond Shame: Chivalric Cowardice and Arthurian Narrative / Andrew Lynch 1 II. Malory’s Forty Knights / P. J. C. Field 18 III. Fooling with Language: Sir Dinadan in Malory’s 'Morte Darthur' / Joyce Coleman 30 IV. William Caxton, Wynkyn de Worde and the Editing of Malory’s 'Morte Darthur' / D. Thomas Hanks Jr. 46 V. Ballad and Popular Romance in the Percy Folio / Raluca L. Radulescu 68 VI. Local Hero: Gawain and the Politics of Arthurianism / Margaret Robson 81 VII. Promise-postponement Device in 'The Awntyrs off Arthure': a Possible Narrative Model / Martin Connolly 95 VIII. 'L’Atre perilleux' and the Erasure of Identity / Norris J. Lacy 109 IX. The Theme of the Handsome Coward in the Post-Vulgate 'Queste del Saint Graal' / Fanni Bogdanow 117 X. A Time of Gifts? Jean de Nesle, William A. Nitze and the 'Perlesvaus' / Tony Grand 130 XI. Thomas Love Peacock’s 'The Misfortunes of Elphin' and the Romantic Arthur / Robert Gossedge 157