The Medieval Python - The Purposive and Provocative Work of Terry Jones (Hardcover)

This is a collection of essays by diverse hands engaging, interrogating, and honoring the medieval scholarship of Terry Jones. Jones' life-long engagement with the Middle Ages in general, and with the work of Chaucer in particular, has significantly influenced contemporary understanding of the period generally, and Middle English letters in particular. Both in film of all types - full-feature comedy (Monty Python and the Holy Grail) as well as educational television series for BBC, the History Channel, etc. (e.g., Medieval Lives) - and in his published scholarship (e.g., Chaucer's Knight, in original and revised editions, Who Murdered Chaucer?), Jones has applied his unique combination of carefully researched scholarship, keen intelligence, fearless skepticism of establishment thinking, and his broad good humor to challenge, enlighten and reform. No one working today in either Middle English studies or in period-related film and/or documentary can proceed untouched by Jones' purposive, provocative views. Jones, perhaps more than any other medievalist, can be said to be an integral part of what Palgrave deems the "common dialogue."

General

Imprint:	Palgrave Macmillan
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	The New Middle Ages
Release date:	May 2012
First published:	2012
Editors:	R. Yeager • T. Takamiya
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 21mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	265
ISBN-13:	978-0-230-11267-4
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary studies > Classical, early & medieval Books > Humanities > History > Theory & methods > Historiography Books > Humanities > History > World history > 500 to 1500 Books > History > Theory & methods > Historiography Books > History > World history > 500 to 1500 Promotions
LSN:	0-230-11267-6
Barcode:	9780230112674

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