The manuscript and meaning of Malory's 'Morte Darthur' : rubrication, commemoration, memorialization /

The manuscript and meaning of Malory's 'Morte Darthur' : rubrication, commemoration, memorialization /

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Author / Creator:	Whetter, K. S. (Kevin Sean), 1969- author.
Imprint:	Woodbridge, Suffolk : D.S. Brewer is an imprint of Boydell & Brewer Ltd, 2017.
Description:	xiii, 242 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language:	English
Series:	Arthurian studies ; 84 Arthurian studies ; 84.
Subject:	Malory, Thomas, -- Sir, -- active 15th century. -- Morte d'Arthur. Morte d'Arthur (Malory, Thomas, Sir)
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/10946622

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ISBN:	9781843844532 1843844532
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:	The red-ink names that decorate the Winchester manuscript of Malory's Morte Darthur are striking; yet until now, no-one has asked why the rubrication exists. This book explores the uniqueness and thematic significance of the physical layout of the Morte in its manuscript context, arguing that the layout suggests, and the correlations between manuscript design and narrative theme confirm, that the striking arrangement is likely to have been the product of authorial design rather than something unusual dreamed up by patron, scribe, reader, or printer. The introduction offers a thorough account of not only the textual tradition of the Morte, but also the ways in which scholarship to date has not done enough with the manuscript contexts of Malory's Arthuriad. The book then goes on to establish the singularity and likely provenance of Winchester's rubrication of names. In the second half of the study the author elucidates the narrative significance of this rubrication pattern, outlining striking connections between manuscript layout and major narrative events, characters, and themes. He argues that the manuscript mise-en-page underscores Malory's interest in human character and knighthood, creating a memorializing function similar to the many inscribed tombs that dominate the landscape of the Morte's narrative pages. In short, Winchester's design creates a memorializing tomb for Arthurian chivalry.

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