Guy of Warwick: Icon and Ancestor (Hardcover)

The first interdisciplinary enquiry into a key figure in medieval and early modern culture. Guy of Warwick is England's other Arthur. Elevated to the status of national hero, his legend occupied a central place in the nation's cultural heritage from the Middle Ages to the modern period. Guy of Warwick: Icon and Ancestor spans the Guy tradition from its beginnings in Anglo-Norman and Middle English romance right through to the plays and prints of the early modern period and Spenser's Faerie Queene, including the visual tradition in manuscript illustration and material culture as well as the intersection of the legend with local and national history. This volume addresses important questions regarding the continuities and remaking of romance material, and therelation between life and literature. Topics discussed are sensitive to current critical concerns and include translation, reception, magnate ambition, East-West relations, the construction of "Englishness" and national identity,and the literary value of "popular" romance. ALISON WIGGINS is Lecturer in English Language at the University of Glasgow; ROSALIND FIELD is Reader in Medieval Literature at Royal Holloway, University of London. Note on ebook images: Due to limited rights we are unable to make all images in this book available in the ebook version. If you'd like to purchase the ebook regardless, please email us on [email protected] to obtain a PDF of the images. We apologise for the inconvenience caused. CONTRIBUTORS: JUDITH WEISS, MARIANNE AILES, IVANA DJORDJEVIC, ROSALIND FIELD, ALISON WIGGINS, A.S.G. EDWARDS, ROBERT ALLEN ROUSE, DAVID GRIFFITH, MARTHA W. DRIVER, SIAN ECHARD, ANDREW KING, HELEN COOPER

General

Imprint:	D.S. Brewer
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Studies in Medieval Romance
Release date:	July 2007
First published:	2007
Editors:	Alison Wiggins • Rosalind Field
Contributors:	A.S.G. Edwards • Alison Wiggins • Andrew King • David Griffith • Helen Cooper • Ivana Djordjevic (Customer) • Judith Weiss • Marianne Ailes
Dimensions:	234 x 156 x 33mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover - Cloth over boards
Pages:	262
ISBN-13:	978-1-84384-125-8
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary studies > General
LSN:	1-84384-125-8
Barcode:	9781843841258

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