Twenty Years of the Malory Companion (A Roundtable)
Sponsoring Organization(s)
Special Session
Organizer Name
Cory James Rushton
Organizer Affiliation
St. Francis Xavier Univ.
Presider Name
Kevin S. Whetter
Presider Affiliation
Acadia Univ.
Paper Title 1
Malory and His Contemporaries
Presenter 1 Name
Megan Leitch
Presenter 1 Affiliation
Cardiff Univ.
Paper Title 2
Malory's Identity
Presenter 2 Name
Thomas H. Crofts, III
Presenter 2 Affiliation
East Tennessee State Univ.
Paper Title 3
Malory and Form
Presenter 3 Name
Cory James Rushton
Paper Title 4
Malory's Women: Radical Subjects
Presenter 4 Name
Amy S. Kaufman
Presenter 4 Affiliation
Middle Tennessee State Univ.
Paper Title 5
Respondent
Presenter 5 Name
Dorsey Armstrong
Presenter 5 Affiliation
Purdue Univ.
Start Date
12-5-2016 10:00 AM
Session Location
Valley III Stinson Lounge
Description
The 2015 meeting of the International Congress on Medieval studies included five sessions on Thomas Malory's Morte Darthur, including the now traditional "Reading Malory" session, and at least three times as many sessions included papers on Malory. Malory's transformation has been rapid: once considered formally clumsy and resistant to theoretical approaches, Malory's text now seems to sustain a variety of approaches even as his artistry is revisited and reconsidered. One clear reason for this shift in critical fortunes was the publication of D. S. Brewer's A Companion to Malory in 1996, edited by Elizabeth Archibald and A. S. G. Edwards. This round table will examine the impact and influence of this volume on Malory Studies, with particular emphasis on the interplay between the volume and both traditional and emerging discussions of the Morte Darthur and its context.
Twenty Years of the Malory Companion (A Roundtable)
Valley III Stinson Lounge
The 2015 meeting of the International Congress on Medieval studies included five sessions on Thomas Malory's Morte Darthur, including the now traditional "Reading Malory" session, and at least three times as many sessions included papers on Malory. Malory's transformation has been rapid: once considered formally clumsy and resistant to theoretical approaches, Malory's text now seems to sustain a variety of approaches even as his artistry is revisited and reconsidered. One clear reason for this shift in critical fortunes was the publication of D. S. Brewer's A Companion to Malory in 1996, edited by Elizabeth Archibald and A. S. G. Edwards. This round table will examine the impact and influence of this volume on Malory Studies, with particular emphasis on the interplay between the volume and both traditional and emerging discussions of the Morte Darthur and its context.