Author: Carol M. Meale
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer Ltd
ISBN: 9780859914048
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 250
Book Description
Wide-ranging essays engaging with all aspects of medieval romance, from textual studies to historical sources.
Readings in Medieval English Romance
Author: Carol M. Meale
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer Ltd
ISBN: 9780859914048
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 250
Book Description
Wide-ranging essays engaging with all aspects of medieval romance, from textual studies to historical sources.
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer Ltd
ISBN: 9780859914048
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 250
Book Description
Wide-ranging essays engaging with all aspects of medieval romance, from textual studies to historical sources.
Landscape in Middle English Romance
Author: Andrew M. Richmond
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108913091
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 542
Book Description
Our current ecological crises compel us not only to understand how contemporary media shapes our conceptions of human relationships with the environment, but also to examine the historical genealogies of such perspectives. Written during the onset of the Little Ice Age in Britain, Middle English romances provide a fascinating window into the worldviews of popular vernacular literature (and its audiences) at the close of the Middle Ages. Andrew M. Richmond shows how literary conventions of romances shaped and were in turn influenced by contemporary perspectives on the natural world. These popular texts also reveal widespread concern regarding the damaging effects of human actions and climate change. The natural world was a constant presence in the writing, thoughts, and lives of the audiences and authors of medieval English romance – and these close readings reveal that our environmental concerns go back further in our history and culture than we think.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108913091
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 542
Book Description
Our current ecological crises compel us not only to understand how contemporary media shapes our conceptions of human relationships with the environment, but also to examine the historical genealogies of such perspectives. Written during the onset of the Little Ice Age in Britain, Middle English romances provide a fascinating window into the worldviews of popular vernacular literature (and its audiences) at the close of the Middle Ages. Andrew M. Richmond shows how literary conventions of romances shaped and were in turn influenced by contemporary perspectives on the natural world. These popular texts also reveal widespread concern regarding the damaging effects of human actions and climate change. The natural world was a constant presence in the writing, thoughts, and lives of the audiences and authors of medieval English romance – and these close readings reveal that our environmental concerns go back further in our history and culture than we think.
Middle English Romances
Author: S. H. A. Shepherd
Publisher: W W Norton & Company Incorporated
ISBN: 9780393966077
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 514
Book Description
This Norton Critical Edition presents significant examples of one of the most important bodies of English poetry written before the Renaissance.
Publisher: W W Norton & Company Incorporated
ISBN: 9780393966077
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 514
Book Description
This Norton Critical Edition presents significant examples of one of the most important bodies of English poetry written before the Renaissance.
Romance and the Gentry in Late Medieval England
Author: Michael Johnston
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0199679789
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 321
Book Description
showing that contrary to the commonly held view that romances are representative of the "popular culture" of their day, in fact such texts appealed primarily to the gentry, England's elite landowners who lacked titles of nobility.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0199679789
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 321
Book Description
showing that contrary to the commonly held view that romances are representative of the "popular culture" of their day, in fact such texts appealed primarily to the gentry, England's elite landowners who lacked titles of nobility.
Christianity and Romance in Medieval England
Author: Rosalind Field
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer
ISBN: 184384219X
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 228
Book Description
The essays collected here show how the romances of medieval England engaged with contemporary Christian culture, and demonstrate the importance of reading them with an awareness of that culture.
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer
ISBN: 184384219X
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 228
Book Description
The essays collected here show how the romances of medieval England engaged with contemporary Christian culture, and demonstrate the importance of reading them with an awareness of that culture.
Medieval English Romance in Context
Author: Gail Ashton
Publisher: A&C Black
ISBN: 1847062504
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 173
Book Description
Structured in three parts, this book focuses on immediate contexts, key texts, and wider contexts enabling development from background issues through the actual literary texts to criticism and afterlives.
Publisher: A&C Black
ISBN: 1847062504
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 173
Book Description
Structured in three parts, this book focuses on immediate contexts, key texts, and wider contexts enabling development from background issues through the actual literary texts to criticism and afterlives.
The Spirit of Medieval English Popular Romance
Author: Ad Putter
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317885562
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 311
Book Description
The Middle English popular romances enjoyed a wide appeal in later medieval Britain, and even today students of medieval literature will encounter examples of the genre, such as Sir Orfeo, Sir Tristrem, and Sir Launfal. This collection of twelve specially commissioned essays is designed to meet the need for a stimulating guide to the genre. Each essay introduces one popular romance, setting it in its literary and historical contexts, and develops an original interpretation that reveals the possibilities that popular romances offer for modern literary criticism. A substantial introduction by the editors discusses the production and transmission of popular romances in the Middle Ages, and considers the modern reception of popular romance and the interpretative challenges offered by new theoretical approaches. Accessible to advanced students of English, this book is also of interest to those working in the field of medieval studies, comparative literature, and popular culture.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317885562
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 311
Book Description
The Middle English popular romances enjoyed a wide appeal in later medieval Britain, and even today students of medieval literature will encounter examples of the genre, such as Sir Orfeo, Sir Tristrem, and Sir Launfal. This collection of twelve specially commissioned essays is designed to meet the need for a stimulating guide to the genre. Each essay introduces one popular romance, setting it in its literary and historical contexts, and develops an original interpretation that reveals the possibilities that popular romances offer for modern literary criticism. A substantial introduction by the editors discusses the production and transmission of popular romances in the Middle Ages, and considers the modern reception of popular romance and the interpretative challenges offered by new theoretical approaches. Accessible to advanced students of English, this book is also of interest to those working in the field of medieval studies, comparative literature, and popular culture.
Readings in Medieval Texts
Author: David Frame Johnson
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780199261635
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 432
Book Description
Readings in Medieval Texts offers a thorough and accessible introduction to the interpretation and criticism of a broad range of Old and Middle English canonical texts from the ninth to the fifteenth centuries. The volume brings together 24 newly commissioned chapters by a leading international team of medieval scholars. An introductory chapter highlights the overarching trends in the composition of English Literature in the Medieval periods, and provides an overview of the textual continuities and innovations. Individual chapters give detailed information about context, authorship, date, and critical views on texts, before providing fascinating and thought-provoking examinations of crucial excerpts and themes. This book will be invaluable for undergraduate and graduate students on all courses in Medieval Studies, particularly those focusing on understanding literature and its role in society.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780199261635
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 432
Book Description
Readings in Medieval Texts offers a thorough and accessible introduction to the interpretation and criticism of a broad range of Old and Middle English canonical texts from the ninth to the fifteenth centuries. The volume brings together 24 newly commissioned chapters by a leading international team of medieval scholars. An introductory chapter highlights the overarching trends in the composition of English Literature in the Medieval periods, and provides an overview of the textual continuities and innovations. Individual chapters give detailed information about context, authorship, date, and critical views on texts, before providing fascinating and thought-provoking examinations of crucial excerpts and themes. This book will be invaluable for undergraduate and graduate students on all courses in Medieval Studies, particularly those focusing on understanding literature and its role in society.
The Popularity of Middle English Romance
Author: Velma Bourgeois Richmond
Publisher: Popular Press
ISBN: 9780879721145
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 266
Book Description
The Middle English romance has elicited throughout the centuries a curious mixture of indifference,hostile apprehension, and contempt that perhaps no other literature--except its most likely offspring, modern best-sellers--has provoked.
Publisher: Popular Press
ISBN: 9780879721145
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 266
Book Description
The Middle English romance has elicited throughout the centuries a curious mixture of indifference,hostile apprehension, and contempt that perhaps no other literature--except its most likely offspring, modern best-sellers--has provoked.
Companion to Middle English Romance
Author: Henk Aertsen
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description