Megan G Leitch & K S Whetter 
Arthurian Literature XXXVI [PDF ebook] 
Sacred Space and Place in Arthurian Romance

Arthurian Literature has established its position as the home for a great diversity of new research into Arthurian matters. It delivers fascinating material across genres, periods, and theoretical issues. TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT
Guest Editors: Sarah Bowden, Susanne Friede and Andreas Hammer
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
Queste and Malory’s
Morte Darthur; penitence in Hartmann’s
Iwein and
Gregorius; parallels in sacred spaces in the Matter of Britain and medieval Ireland; political prophecy in
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight and
The Awntyrs off Arthure A; syntagmatic and paradigmatic spaces in Chrétien’s
Perceval; spatial significance in
Wigalois and
Prosa Lancelot; the political meaning of the tomb of King Lot and the rebel kings in Malory’s
Morte Darthur; and sexual spaces in twelfth-century French romance.

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