Bethlehem, Ulrike
Guinevere - A Medieval Puzzle

Images of Arthur's Queen in the Medieval Literature of England and France.

Proceeding from a review of scholarship to a new look at all extant material, this book challenges the traditional concept, uncovering and explaining the extreme diversity of concepts and currents. It testifies to mysogyny, mariolatry, and pagan magic, to archetypes, stereotypes, and double standards, but primarily to an intense interest in a woman’s fate. A mute consort acquires a voice, a mind, and the power to act. Encompassing all of a woman’s scope and much of a man’s, Guinevere is a mirror of past legend and contemporary reality, and a medieval vision of female emancipation and the beginnings of individuality. X,441 Seiten mit 25 Abb., broschiert (Anglistische Forschungen; Band 345/Winter Verlag 2005) leichte Lagerspuren/minor shelfwear