Sovereign Fantasies : Arthurian Romance and the Making of Britain.
Ingham, Patricia Clare.
Sovereign Fantasies : Arthurian Romance and the Making of Britain. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (297 pages) - The Middle Ages Series . - The Middle Ages Series .
Cover -- Contents -- Introduction -- PART I: THE MATTER OF BRITAIN -- 1 Arthurian Imagination and the "Makyng" of History -- 2 Arthurian Futurism and British Destiny -- PART II: ROMANCING THE THRONE -- 3 Disavowing Romance: Colonial Loss and Stories of the Past -- 4 "In Contrayez Straunge": Sovereign Rivals, Fantasies of Gender, and Sir Gawain and the Green Knight -- 5 Dangerous Liaisons: Disloyalty, Adultery, and the Tragedy of Romance -- PART III: INSULAR LOSSES -- 6 Military Intimacies: The Pleasures and Pains of Conquest -- 7 "Necessary" Losses: Royal Death and English Remembrance -- Afterword: Lost Books -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Z -- Acknowledgments.
No detailed description available for "Sovereign Fantasies".
9780812292541
English literature-Middle English, 1100-1500-History and criticism.
Arthurian romances-History and criticism.
Literature and history-Great Britain-History-To 1500.
Historical fiction, English-History and criticism.
National characteristics, British, in literature.
Electronic books.
PR328 -- .I54 2001eb
809/.93351
Sovereign Fantasies : Arthurian Romance and the Making of Britain. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (297 pages) - The Middle Ages Series . - The Middle Ages Series .
Cover -- Contents -- Introduction -- PART I: THE MATTER OF BRITAIN -- 1 Arthurian Imagination and the "Makyng" of History -- 2 Arthurian Futurism and British Destiny -- PART II: ROMANCING THE THRONE -- 3 Disavowing Romance: Colonial Loss and Stories of the Past -- 4 "In Contrayez Straunge": Sovereign Rivals, Fantasies of Gender, and Sir Gawain and the Green Knight -- 5 Dangerous Liaisons: Disloyalty, Adultery, and the Tragedy of Romance -- PART III: INSULAR LOSSES -- 6 Military Intimacies: The Pleasures and Pains of Conquest -- 7 "Necessary" Losses: Royal Death and English Remembrance -- Afterword: Lost Books -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Z -- Acknowledgments.
No detailed description available for "Sovereign Fantasies".
9780812292541
English literature-Middle English, 1100-1500-History and criticism.
Arthurian romances-History and criticism.
Literature and history-Great Britain-History-To 1500.
Historical fiction, English-History and criticism.
National characteristics, British, in literature.
Electronic books.
PR328 -- .I54 2001eb
809/.93351