Romantic Women Writers and Arthurian Legend The Quest for Knowledge
This book reveals the breadth and depth of women’s engagements with Arthurian romance in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. Tracing the variety of women’s responses to the medieval revival through Gothic literature, travel writing, s
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Romantic Women Writers and Arthurian Legend
Katie Garner
Romantic Women Writers and Arthurian Legend The Quest for Knowledge
Katie Garner University of St Andrews St Andrews, UK
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Acknowledgements
This book has taken me from Wales to Ireland to Scotland, and in each new country I benefited from an abundance of friendly assistance and support. Three people in particular helped me to understand what kind of book this should be and how to write it. First thanks are due to Jane Moore for her always astute guidance, unfailing patience, and impeccable judgement. Becky Munford offered encouragement far beyond her official responsibilities as well as opportunities and advice that I will always be deeply grateful for, and Claire Connolly was a wonderfully incisive mentor during a significant revision stage. Richard Cronin, Rob Gossedge, and Clare A. Simmons all gave their generous attention and expertise to the project at various stages, and I hope that I have done justice to their wise suggesti
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