A well-written study of an important but neglected aspect of Malory's art. Lynch's concern is Malory's treatment of knightly combat and the complex implications with which he is able to invest his descriptions of fighting... Subtle and sensitive.

• "Suche a man I myghte be" - good name, identity and narrative; "Vertuous dedes" / "Tedious havoc" - the vision of combat; the thematics of combat; good and ill will (1) - "The Book of Sir Tristram"; good and ill will (2) - "Tristram" and the problem of Palamides; "Lamentacyon as they had be stungyn wyth sperys" - emotion, gesture and gender.

A well-written study of an important but neglected aspect of Malory's art. Lynch's concern is Malory's treatment of knightly combat and the complex implications with which he is able to invest his descriptions of fighting... Subtle and sensitive.

• "Suche a man I myghte be" - good name, identity and narrative; "Vertuous dedes" / "Tedious havoc" - the vision of combat; the thematics of combat; good and ill will (1) - "The Book of Sir Tristram"; good and ill will (2) - "Tristram" and the problem of Palamides; "Lamentacyon as they had be stungyn wyth sperys" - emotion, gesture and gender.

A well-written study of an important but neglected aspect of Malory's art. Lynch's concern is Malory's treatment of knightly combat and the complex implications with which he is able to invest his descriptions of fighting... Subtle and sensitive.

• "Suche a man I myghte be" - good name, identity and narrative; "Vertuous dedes" / "Tedious havoc" - the vision of combat; the thematics of combat; good and ill will (1) - "The Book of Sir Tristram"; good and ill will (2) - "Tristram" and the problem of Palamides; "Lamentacyon as they had be stungyn wyth sperys" - emotion, gesture and gender.