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The servants of chivalry? Dwarfs and porters in Malory and the Middle English Gawain romances

Leitch, Megan ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5815-4385 2017. The servants of chivalry? Dwarfs and porters in Malory and the Middle English Gawain romances. Arthuriana 27 (1) , pp. 3-27. 10.1353/art.2017.0000

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Abstract

This essay explores the ways in which dwarfs and porters are sources of information, and often, more specifically, of ethical advice and/or judgement. As masculine, non-chivalric servants, dwarfs and porters are important to Arthurian epistemology—to what and how Arthurian knights, and readers of Arthurian romances, know—and not always in a comfortable way.

Item Type: Article
Date Type: Publication
Status: Published
Schools: English, Communication and Philosophy
Subjects: P Language and Literature > PR English literature
Publisher: Arthuriana
ISSN: 1078-6279
Date of First Compliant Deposit: 7 July 2016
Date of Acceptance: 6 July 2016
Last Modified: 06 Nov 2023 22:46
URI: https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/92409

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