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Heroes and Anti-Heroes in Medieval Romance (Hardcover) Loot Price: R2,353
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Heroes and Anti-Heroes in Medieval Romance (Hardcover): Neil M.R. Cartlidge

Heroes and Anti-Heroes in Medieval Romance (Hardcover)

Neil M.R. Cartlidge; Contributions by Ad Putter, David Ashurst, Gareth Griffith, James Wade, Judith Weiss, Kate McClune, Laura Ashe, Margaret Lamont, Nancy Mason Bradbury

Series: Studies in Medieval Romance

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Investigations into the heroic - or not - behaviour of the protagonists of medieval romance. Medieval romances so insistently celebrate the triumphs of heroes and the discomfiture of villains that they discourage recognition of just how morally ambiguous, antisocial or even downright sinister their protagonists can be, and, correspondingly, of just how admirable or impressive their defeated opponents often are. This tension between the heroic and the antiheroic makes a major contribution to the dramatic complexity of medieval romance, but it is not an aspect of the genre that has been frequently discussed up until now. Focusing on fourteen distinct characters and character-types in medieval narrative, this book illustrates the range of different ways in which the imaginative power and appeal of romance-texts often depend on contradictions implicit in the very ideal of heroism. Dr Neil Cartlidge is Lecturer in English at the University of Durham. Contributors: Neil Cartlidge, Penny Eley, David Ashurst, Meg Lamont, Laura Ashe, Judith Weiss, Gareth Griffith, Kate McClune, Nancy Mason Bradbury, Ad Putter, Robert Rouse, Siobhain Bly Calkin, James Wade, Stephanie Vierick Gibbs Kamath

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Imprint: D.S. Brewer
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Series: Studies in Medieval Romance
Release date: April 2012
First published: 2012
Editors: Neil M.R. Cartlidge
Contributors: Ad Putter • David Ashurst • Gareth Griffith • James Wade • Judith Weiss • Kate McClune • Laura Ashe • Margaret Lamont (Contributor) • Nancy Mason Bradbury (Contributor)
Dimensions: 234 x 156 x 25mm (L x W x T)
Format: Hardcover - Cloth over boards
Pages: 258
ISBN-13: 978-1-84384-304-7
Categories: Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary studies > Classical, early & medieval
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LSN: 1-84384-304-8
Barcode: 9781843843047

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