M. Brockington, The Motif of the Separating Sword in World Art and Literature: A Study of Its Origins and Development

BROCKINGTON, Mary, The Motif of the Separating Sword in World Art and Literature: A Study of Its Origins and Development, Lewiston / Ceredigion, Mellen Press, 2008, 320 p.
ISBN 978-0-7734-4999-2

RÉSUMÉ

A re-examination “the Separating Sword” that demonstrates the complexity of intertextual influences across linguistic and cultural boundaries.

TABLE DES MATIÈRES

Foreword by Professor Jane H.M. Taylor
Acknowledgements
Abbreviations
Prologue: Discovery: Tristran, Yseut and Marc
1. God and man: Semitic Origins
2. Misunderstanding and Misunderstood: Indic Languages
3. Man and man: Transmission to Western Europe
4. Enter the Woman: Brynhild Sigurd
5. Purity Preserved
6. Adultery, Discovery and Consequences: Tristran and Yseut
7. Representation and Re-presentation: Unending Evolution
Epilogue: Re-discovery: Thatcher and Gorbachev
Notes
Appendix I: The Separating Sword: Occurrences of Thompson motif T 351
Appendix II: Modern Tristran Adaptations: Bibliographies and Surveys
Bibliography
Index