3 Li Biaus Niais – an Arthurian Archetype?

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Figures and Tables vi
4. General Editors’ Preface vii
5. Contributors x
6. Abbreviations xiii
7. 1 A Variant Reading in Wynkyn de Worde’s 1529 Edition of Le Morte Darthur: The Question of Bors’ Threnody1 1
8. 2 The Arthur of the Bretons: Hagiographical Evidence for the Arthurian Legend in Medieval Brittany 20
9. 3 Li Biaus Niais – an Arthurian Archetype? 44
10. 4 God Loves Marriage: Symbolism Beyond the Lion in the Chevalier au lion (Yvain) 70
11. 5 Why the Welsh Peredur is the Second-best Knight in the World: Ystoryaeu Seint Greal and the Cyclic Impulse in Medieval Welsh Literature 86
12. 6 The Tomb of Arthur, Edward I and Eleanor of Castile: The European Dimension 116
13. 7 Immanence Front: Cosmic Redemption and Fairy Movers in Sir Gawain and the Green Knight 136
14. 8 Gwenyvere’s Vocal Agency in Malory’s Morte Darthur 160
15. 9 Twentieth-Century Women Writers Re-Vision the Arthurian Narrative 198
16. Details of, and Annual Call for Submissions to, the Derek Brewer Prize 244