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The Defective Version of Mandeville's Travels [Hardback]
M. C. Seymour (Editor)
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ISBN: 9780197223222
Published by : Oxford University Press
Mandeville's Travels was written in French in c. 1356 by an unknown author, possibly a regular in an abbey in northern France. This volume, an edition of the earliest and most important English translation of the French text of the Travels , c... .... Learn More -
The Orient in Chaucer and Medieval Romance [Hardback]
Carol Falvo Heffernan (Author)
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ISBN: 9780859917957
Published by : Boydell & Brewer Ltd
The idea of the Orient is a major motif in Chaucer and medieval romance, and this new study reveals much about its use and significance, setting the literature in its historical context and thereby offering fresh new readings of a number of tex... .... Learn More -
Shadows of Mary: Reading the Virgin Mary in Medieval Texts [Hardback]
Teresa Reed (Author)
$69.95Out of stock
ISBN: 9780708317983
Published by : University of Wales Press
The figuration of the Virgin Mary was often contradictory in medieval texts and theological, philosophical and social perceptions of her greatly influenced both sacred and secular literature. In this study Teresa Reed explores five examples of Mar... .... Learn More -
Shadows of Mary: Reading the Virgin Mary in Medieval Texts [Paperback]
Teresa Reed (Author)
$36.95Out of stock
ISBN: 9780708317976
Published by : University of Wales Press
The figuration of the Virgin Mary was often contradictory in medieval texts and theological, philosophical and social perceptions of her greatly influenced both sacred and secular literature. In this study Teresa Reed explores five examples of Mar... .... Learn More -
Writing the Future: Lazamon's Prophetic History [Hardback]
Kelley M Wickham-Crowley (Author)
$55.00Out of stock
ISBN: 9780708317143
Published by : University of Wales Press
Lazamon's Brut , written in the Welsh Marches in the 12th century, introduced the world of King Arthur to English literature. A Celtic history of Britain, it includes a prophecy by Merlin in which he foresees a kingdom united both politically and... .... Learn More -
Chaucer's Italian Tradition [Hardback]
Warren Ginsberg (Author)
$75.00Out of stock
ISBN: 9780472112340
Published by : University of Michigan Press
Chaucer was the only poet of his day to travel to and be well acquainted with Italian poets and their works. Visiting Genoa, Milan and Florence, Chaucer studied the works of Dante, Boccaccio and Petrarch in particular and Ginsberg here explores... .... Learn More -
Malory's Morte D'Arthur: Remaking Arthurian Tradition [Hardback]
Catherine Batt (Author)
$55.00Out of stock
ISBN: 9780312229986
Published by : Palgrave
This in-depth and often theoretical and challenging analysis of Morte D'arthur examines the ways in which Malory brought the social and literary orders together each with the masculine hero at the centre. Batt shows how Malory adapted his French... .... Learn More -
William Langland: William Langland [Paperback]
Claire Marshall (Author)
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ISBN: 9780746308608
Published by : Northcote House Publishers
Series: WRITERS AND THEIR WORK
A reappraisal of Piers Plowman and its critical reputation in the light of current debates on the nature of language, self, society and forms of religious worship at the end of the Middle Ages. .... Learn More -
Species, Phantasms and Images: Species, Phantasms and Images [Hardback]
Carolyn P Collette (Author)
$60.00Out of stock
ISBN: 9780472111619
Published by : University of Michigan Press
This detailed study, which places The Tales within the scientific and intellectual context of the 15th century, focuses on `the effect of sensory-based imagination on human relationships'. Collette argues that the `phantasms' or mental images th... .... Learn More -
The Genesis of Narrative in Malory's Morte Darthur [Hardback]
Elizabeth Edwards (Author)
$19.98Out of stock
ISBN: 9780859915960
Published by : Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Series: ARTHURIAN STUDIES
Volume: XLIII
A detailed discussion of Malory's Arthurian sources and the ways in which he adapted them to the 15th century. Edwards' examination of the `symbolic structure' of Morte Darthur shows how the text is both representative of Arthurian literature ... .... Learn More