Heroes and Heroines in Medieval English Literature - A Festschrift Presented to Andre Crepin on the Occasion of his 65th Birthday (Hardcover, Uk Ed.)

Studies of the evolution of the hero, from Beowulf to Lancelot. Andre Crepin, head of the English faculty at the Sorbonne, has made a great contribution to medieval English studies in France and in Europe. These studies in his honour reflect the wide range of his interests in Old and Middle English, fromBeowulf to Malory. Their linking theme is the literary and linguistic evolution of the hero, from the classic expression of the Germanic code to the chivalry of the knights of the Round Table, from Beowulf toChaucer's knight to Sir Lancelot. Beowulf as archetypal hero is both the subject of and the concept behind more than one study; others, attempting to define heroism, grapple with the semantic problem posed by the absence of thisword until very late in the medieval period; and the very notion of heroism is questioned as the passive hero or anti-hero emerges as a literary type, at the same time as the medieval consciousness of self developed. Contributors: GUY BOURGUIN, LEO CARRUTHERS, PETER CLEMOES, ANDY ORCHARD, ERIC STANLEY, JULIETTE DOR, DEREK BREWER, TERENCE P. DOLAN, JILL MANN, JOSSELINE BIBARD, JEAN-JACQUES BLANCHOT, JAMES WIMSATT, TERENCE McCARTHY, GLORIA CIGMAN.

General

Imprint:	D.S. Brewer
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	October 1994
First published:	October 1994
Editors:	Leo Carruthers
Contributors:	Caroline Muessig • Derek S. Brewer • Gloria Cigman • Guy Bourquin • James Wimsatt (Royalty Account) • Jean-Jacques Blanchot • Josseline Bidard • Juliette Dor • Terence P Dolan
Dimensions:	234 x 156 x 17mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover - Cloth over boards
Pages:	184
Edition:	Uk Ed.
ISBN-13:	978-0-85991-415-4
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary studies > Classical, early & medieval
LSN:	0-85991-415-1
Barcode:	9780859914154

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