Reading romance
Subtitle: literacy, psychology, and Malory's Le Morte D'Arthur
By: Margaret duMais Svogun.
Series: Studies in the humanities ;; v. 51; Studies in the humanities (New York, N.Y.) ;; v. 51.
Publisher: Peter Lang
Published: 2000
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 144
Subjects: Malory, Thomas, Sir, 15th cent.; Malory, Thomas, Sir, 15th cent. -- Knowledge -- Psychology.; Psychological fiction, English -- History and criticism.; Authors and readers -- England -- History -- To 1500.; Arthurian romances -- History and criticism.; Romances, English -- History and criticism.; Knights and knighthood in literature.; Literacy -- England -- History -- To 1500.; Kings and rulers in literature.; Reader-response criticism.; Psychology in literature.
Description: "Sir Thomas Malory's Le Morte D'Arthur is one of the most enduring achievements of English literary history. This study offers a new interpretation of this seminal version of the Arthurian Romances beginning with recognition of its status as one of the first literary works to be mass produced by the typographic age.

Acknowledging that literacy revolutionizes the human-thought world, and maintaining the validity of exploring the psychological content of traditional literature, a specific psychic preoccupation is identified in Malory's work: namely, man's struggle to accommodate the conflicting demands of his divided self."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [129]-135) and index.