Malory and Christianity

Essays on Sir Thomas Malory's Morte Darthur

edited by Janet Jesmok and D. Thomas Hanks Jr.

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Extent: 224 pages

Publisher: Medieval Institute Publications

Subjects: Literary Studies, Religious Studies

Series: Studies in Medieval Culture

Series volume number: 51, 51

Language: English

Paperback (Published)

(May 2013)

ISBN: 9781580441766

6.1 x 9.17 inches

Price: $19.95

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Malory’s use of myth and magic to explore his themes has received extensive scholarly attention, but his views on and thematic use of Christianity have long needed a closer look.


As Hanks and Jesmok note in their introduction, “pursuing opponents and pursuing love move the Morte’s narrative, but the work’s richness comes from its romance and tragic elements: the human quest for maturity and fulfillment and those uncontrollable forces that undermine the quest and destroy the dream. Malory’s use of myth and magic to explore these themes has received extensive scholarly attention, but his views on and thematic use of Christianity have long needed a closer look.”

  • Edited by D Thomas Hanks Jr
  • Edited by Janet Jesmok