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5. Patterns and Parody: The Lady/Elaine in Literature

Author : Ann F. Howey

Published in: Afterlives of the Lady of Shalott and Elaine of Astolat

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Abstract

This chapter outlines key patterns of adaptation strategies in Lady/Elaine literature including intertextuality, narrative gaps, focalization, and common images. The chapter then analyzes examples of parody in various short poems, C. J. Williams’ silent film, Elizabeth Stuart Phelp’s “The Lady of Shalott” and David Benedictus’ Floating Down to Camelot to illustrate the ways parody critiques Tennyson’s medievalism.

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Title: Patterns and Parody: The Lady/Elaine in Literature
Author: Ann F. Howey
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Book: Afterlives of the Lady of Shalott and Elaine of Astolat
Print ISBN: 978-3-030-47689-2

Electronic ISBN: 978-3-030-47690-8

Copyright Year: 2020
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-47690-8_5