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The Non-Existent Knight: Adventure in Le Roman de Silence
- Arthuriana
- Scriptorium Press
- Volume 7, Number 2, Summer 1997
- pp. 87-110
- 10.1353/art.1997.0061
- Article
- Additional Information
If Marie's Lais present a deliberately configured narrative space that relocates a feminized sense of adventure commensurate with the restricted lives of her heroines, Heldris's Silence takes the opposite tack by presenting a conservative message through radical feminine aventures. A reconsideration of the names of Heldris's protagonists helps to unlock further layers of interpretation.