Arthurian Literature XXXVI

Guest Editors: Sarah Bowden Susanne Friede and Andreas Hammer<br/>This special issue focuses on space and place in Arthurian literature from a wide range of European traditions. Topics addressed include the connections between quest space and individual spirituality in the Vulgate <i>Queste</i> and Malory's <i>Morte Darthur</i>; penitence in Hartmann's <i>Iwein</i> and <i>Gregorius</i>; parallels in sacred spaces in the Matter of Britain and medieval Ireland; political prophecy in <i>Sir Gawain and the Green Knight</i> and <i>The Awntyrs off Arthure A</i>; syntagmatic and paradigmatic spaces in Chrétien's <i>Perceval</i>; spatial significance in <i>Wigalois</i> and <i>Prosa Lancelot</i>; the political meaning of the tomb of King Lot and the rebel kings in Malory's <i>Morte Darthur</i>; and sexual spaces in twelfth-century French romance.<br/><br/>Megan G. Leitch is is Reader in English Literature at Cardiff University Wales.<br/>K. S. Whetter is Professor of English at Acadia University Nova Scotia.<br/><br/>Contributors: Martha Claire Baldon Sarah Bowden John Carey Victoria Flood Susanne Friede Andreas Hammer Cory James Rushton Charlie Samuelson.