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"A lively and thought-provoking study of gender in the Arthurian community. It is at once theoretically sophisticated and highly readable, full of insightful close readings yet conscious of larger patterns of analysis."--Laurie Finke, Kenyon CollegeGender and the Chivalric Community in Malory's Morte d'Arthur reveals, for the first time in a book-length study, how Thomas Malory's unique approach to gender identity in his revisions of earlier Arthurian works produces a text entirely unlike others in the canon of medieval romance.

Literature and society --- Arthurian romances --- Romances, English --- Knights and knighthood in literature. --- Communities in literature. --- Sex role in literature. --- Chivalry in literature. --- Community in literature --- History --- History and criticism. --- Malory, Thomas, --- Mėlori, Tomas, --- Political and social views.