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:	01 Dec 2024 14:15
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/92409

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