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Myth and Materiality [Paperback]
John Waddell (Author)
£15.99ISBN: 9781785709753
Published by : Oxbow Books
Series: Oxbow Insights in Archaeology
Volume: 4
The aim of this book is to promote the thesis that myth may illuminate archaeology and that on occasion archaeology may shed light on myth. Medieval Irish literature is rich in mythic themes and some of these are used as a starting point. Some myt... .... Learn More -
Historians on Chaucer: The 'General Prologue' to the Canterbury Tales [Paperback]
Stephen Rigby (Editor); Alastair Minnis (Editor)
Regular Price: £30.00
Special Price: £22.00
ISBN: 9780198816379
Published by : Oxford University Press
As literary scholars have long insisted, an interdisciplinary approach is vital if modern readers are to make sense of works of medieval literature. In particular, rather than reading the works of medieval authors as addressing us across the centu... .... Learn More -
An Introduction to Piers Plowman [Paperback]
Michael A. Calabrese (Author)
Regular Price: £31.50
Special Price: £20.00
ISBN: 9780813064574
Published by : University Press of Florida
Series: New Perspectives on Medieval Literature: Authors and Traditions
William Langland's allegorical poem Piers Plowman has found new critical and pedagogic life in the twenty-first century. Engaging with culture, religion, community, work, and the histories of government and popular revolt, the poem exists in three... .... Learn More -
The Marys of Medieval Drama: The Middle English Digby and N-town in Translation [Paperback]
Colleen E. Donnelly (Author)
£35.00ISBN: 9789088903670
Published by : Sidestone Press
Mary Magdalene and the Virgin Mary continue to intrigue and fascinate us to this day. Their appearances in the Bible are brief, piquing our curiosity and compelling speculation about the unknown years of their lives. This volume contains modern tr... .... Learn More -
Middle English Romances in Translation: Amis and Amiloun | Athelston | Floris and Blancheflor | Havelok the Dane | King Horn | Sir Degare [Paperback]
Kenneth Eckert (Author)
£40.00ISBN: 9789088903397
Published by : Sidestone Press
The popular romances of medieval England are fantasy stories of love at first sight; brave knights seeking adventure; evil stewards; passionate, lusty women; hand-to-hand combat; angry dragons; and miracles. They are not only fun but indicate a gr... .... Learn More -
Lybeaus Desconus [Paperback]
Eve Salisbury (Editor); James Weldon (Editor)
Regular Price: £15.50
Special Price: £6.95
ISBN: 9781580441957
Published by : Medieval Institute Publications
Lybeaus Desconus (the Fair Unknown) is the mid-fourteenth-century Middle English version of the classic narrative of the handsome and mysterious young outsider who comes to the court of King Arthur to prove himself worthy of joining Arthur’s knigh... .... Learn More -
Chaucer and Array: Patterns of Costume and Fabric Rhetoric in The Canterbury Tales, Troilus and Criseyde and Other Works [Hardback]
Laura F. Hodges (Author)
Regular Price: £60.00
Special Price: £12.95
ISBN: 9781843843689
Published by : Boydell & Brewer
An analysis of the ways in which Chaucer uses details of costume, clothing and fabric, enhancing our understanding of and shedding fresh insights into his work. The use Chaucer made of costume rhetoric, and its function within his body of works, a... .... Learn More -
The Poetic Voices of John Gower: Politics and Personae in the Confessio Amantis [Hardback]
Matthew W. Irvin (Author)
Regular Price: £60.00
Special Price: £12.95
ISBN: 9781843843399
Published by : Boydell & Brewer
Gower's use of the persona, the figure of the writer implicated in the text, is the main theme of this book. While it traces the development of Gower's voice through his major works, it concentrates on the dialogue of Amans and Genius in the Confe... .... Learn More -
Romance and its Contexts in Fifteenth-Century England: Politics, Piety and Penitence [Hardback]
Raluca L. Radulescu (Author)
Regular Price: £60.00
Special Price: £12.95
ISBN: 9781843843597
Published by : Boydell & Brewer
Although the anonymous pious Middle English romances and Sir Thomas Malory's Morte Darthur have rarely been studied in relation to each other, they in fact share at least two thematic concerns, vocabularies of suffering and genealogical concerns, ... .... Learn More -
Fatherhood and its Representations in Middle English Texts [Hardback]
Rachel E. Moss (Author)
Regular Price: £60.00
Special Price: £12.95
ISBN: 9781843843580
Published by : Boydell & Brewer
The figure and role of the late-medieval father is reappraised through a close reading of a range of documents from the period, including both letters and romances. Late medieval English society placed great weight on the practices of primogenitur... .... Learn More
