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New research into medieval English literature, with a particular
focus on manuscripts and writing. This acclaimed study of English
medieval manuscripts and early printed books - many items from
Professor Takamiya's own collection - quickly sold out in
hardcover. The subjects range from Saint Jerome to Tolkien, with
particular concentrations on Chaucer, Gower, Malory and religious
and historical writings of the late middle ages. There are essays
examining the work of early printers such as Caxton and de Worde,
and of bibliophiles and antiquarians in modern times. Befitting a
tribute to a bibliophile, this volume has been handsomely designed
by Lida Kindersley of the Cardozo Kindersley Workshop in Cambridge,
and is extensively illustrated. The volume as a whole constitutes a
substantial body of research on medieval English literature, and
early books and manuscripts. Contributors: Richard Barber, Nicolas
Barker, Richard Beadle, N.F. Blake, Julia Boffey, Piero Boitani,
Derek Brewer, Helen Cooper, A.I. Doyle, Martha W. Driver, A.S.G.
Edwards, P.J.C. Field, Christopher de Hamel, Ralph Hanna, Lotte
Hellinga, Kristian Jensen, Edward Donald Kennedy, Richard A.
Linenthal, Jill Mann, Takami Matsuda, David McKitterick, Rosamond
McKitterick, Linne R. Mooney, Ruth Morse, Daniel W. Mosser,
Tsuyoshi Mukai, Paul Needham, M.B. Parkes, Derek Pearsall, Oliver
Pickering, P.R. Robinson, Michael G. Sargent, John Scahill,
Kathleen L. Scott, Jeremy J. Smith, Isamu Takahashi, John J.
Thompson, Linda Ehrsam Voigts, Yoko Wada, Bonnie Wheeler, Patrick
Zutshi.
Series Information: New Middle Ages
Joan of Arc has long piqued the historical imagination, for it seems impossible that a peasant-maid could have led the French army, crowned her king, and then been burned as a heretic, only later to be found a saint. This volume of original essays employs the latest tools of historical analysis, literary criticism, and feminist inquiry to reveal why veterans of her military campaigns found her to have been a remarkable commander; why so many of her contemporaries, churchman and poets alike, found it possible to accept the validity of her mission and her voices; why modern politicians and artists have used her as a symbol; and why the Catholic Church finally decided to canonize her in 1920.
Series Information: New Middle Ages
First published in 1996. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor &
Francis, an informa company.
In 19 original essays, this study offers a broad range of approaches to medieval society's understanding of mothering and the uses to which the practice and imagery of mothering could be assumed by females and males alike. The study also focuses on representations of motherhood in Old Norse and Icelandic literatures, and on record evidence for the maternal behaviour of actual mothers in medieval France, England and Spain.
Joan of Arc has long piqued the historical imagination, for it seems impossible that a peasant-maid could have led the French army, crowned her king, and then been burned as a heretic, only later to be found a saint. This volume of original essays employs the latest tools of historical analysis, literary criticism, and feminist inquiry to reveal why veterans of her military campaigns found her to have been a remarkable commander; why so many of her contemporaries, churchman and poets alike, found it possible to accept the validity of her mission and her voices; why modern politicians and artists have used her as a symbol; and why the Catholic Church finally decided to canonize her in 1920.
How is late medieval literature inflected by spiritual insight and
desires? What weaves of literary cloth especially suit religious
insight? This collection of seventeen new essays by distinguished
scholars of medieval literature on subjects of mindfulness and
spirituality in later medieval (especially English) literature is
gathered to honor Brown University Professor Emerita Elizabeth D.
Kirk.
This book re-evaluates the perception of "courtly love" in Old
French verse. Adams traces how these verses explore the emotional
trials of amour and propose coping methods for the lovelorn.
This book re-evaluates the perception of "courtly love" in Old
French verse. Adams traces how these verses explore the emotional
trials of "amour" and propose coping methods for the lovelorn.
Joan of Arc is an unusual saint. Canonized in 1920 as a virgin, she died in 1431 as a condemned heretic. Uneducated, militant, and youthful, she obeyed "Voices" that counseled her to pursue an unprecedented vocation. The various trial records provide a wealth of evidence about how Joan and others understood her spiritual life. This collection explores multiple facets of Joan's prayerful life. Two-thirds of the essays focus on Joan in her own time; the later chapters study Joan's formative influence upon modern women. Taken together, these essays offer new perspectives on the heroism of Joan's original way of sanctity.
Joan of Arc is an unusual saint. Canonized in 1920 as a virgin, she
died in 1431 as a condemned heretic. Uneducated, militant, and
youthful, she obeyed 'Voices' that counselled her to pursue an
unprecedented vocation. The various trial records provide a wealth
of evidence about how Joan and others understood her spiritual
life. This collection explores multiple facets of Joan's prayerful
life. Two-thirds of the essays focus on Joan in her own time; the
later chapters study Joan's formative influence upon modern women.
Taken together, these essays offer new perspectives on the heroism
of Joan's original way of sanctity.
Eleven essays bring Arthurian studies into the 21st century,
including film and black popular culture. Eleven essays by leading
Arthurians lead off with an overview of the field suggesting
directions that Arthurian studies must take to remain vital. Other
essays contain innovative approaches, overviews of specific areas
of Arthurian studies, and suggestions for new ways to approach
Arthurian material; they range over Malory, Latin Arthurian
literature, Gawain and the Green Knight, Merlin in the twenty-first
century, Tennyson's Idylls, Arthur in African-American culture,
current trends in criticism, Arthurian fiction, and Arthurian film.
Contributors: ROBERT BLANCH, DEREK BREWER, P.J.C. FIELD, SIAN
ECHARD, PETER GOODRICH, KEVIN HARTY, NORRIS J. LACY, BARBARATEPA
LUPACK, DAVID STAINES, RAYMOND THOMPSON, JULIAN WASSERMAN, BONNIE
WHEELER.
Studies range over the whole field of Arthurian literature, in
Europe and North America, with special focus on Malory and Morte
Darthur. Peter Field, Professor of English at the University of
Wales, Bangor, is a distinguished Arthurian scholar (and
vice-president of the International Arthurian Society) whose work
has focused particularly on Malory's Morte Darthur. This special
interest is reflected by the contributors to this volume, but a
wide variety of other Arthurian and associated material is also
covered in the twenty-seven studies. The chapters range over the
whole field of Arthurian vernacular texts and include new studies
of early French and German texts as well as an analysis of the
impact of Arthurian materials on Galician-Portuguese poetry. Many
provide new insights into Malory's text and sources,and these
culminate in reflections on Malory's impact on one later American
reader, Mark Twain. Collectively the chapters on Malory
substantiate a the claim that Malory is a keen and critical reader
of his source texts, and thathe is a powerful stylist. Contributors
BRIAN ALLEN, ELIZABETH ARCHIBALD, FANNI BOGDANOW, DEREK S. BREWER,
GEOFFREY BROMILEY, HELEN COOPER, JANET M, COWEN, ROSALIND FIELD,
LINDA GOWANS, DOUGLAS GRAY, PHILLIPA HARDMAN, AMELIA HUTCHINSON,
EDWARD D. KENNEDY, ELSPETH M. KENNEDY, NORRIS J. LACY, MARGARET
LOCHERBIE-CAMERON, ROGER MIDDLETON, DAVID MILLS, MALDWYN MILLS,
YUJI NAKAO, SHUNICHI NOGUCHI, RALPH NORRIS, AD PUTTER, RALUCA
RADULESCU, FRANCOISE LE SAUX, JANE TAYLOR, NEIL E. THOMAS, KEVIN S.
WHETTER, ANDREA WILLIAMS.
Seminal essays on one of the most crucial issues in Arthurian
studies. For the past fifty years, debates about which text of
Malory scholars and teachers should prefer have sparked much
controversy: which is the most authentic or authoritative, Caxton,
the Winchester version, or a mixture of both (asproposed by
Vinaver)? The papers in this volume represent the most important
contributions to the dialogue; previously published articles have
been updated where relevant and new issues are presented in several
original essays, while the introductions place the argument in its
theoretical and historical contexts. Professor BONNIE WHEELER
teaches at the Southern Methodist University; Professor MICHAEL
SALDA teaches at the University of SouthernMississippi; Professor
ROBERT KINDRICK teaches at the University of Montana. Contributors:
MICHAEL N. SALDA, KEVIN GRIMM, SHUNICHI NOGUCHI, CHARLES MOORMAN,
P.J.C. FIELD, WILLIAM MATTHEWS, ROBERT KINDRICK, HELEN COOPER,
TOSHIYUKI TAKAMIYA, YUJI NAKAO, NORMAN BLAKE
The essays in this volume have a common theme and preoccupation: an
intention to present medieval women - in life, literature,
hagiography and art - as they thought of themselves, teased from
the work of theirintermediaries (Hildegard of Bingen, Christine of
Pisan) or from the works, words and social milieux of men
(Chaucer's women, Chretien's patrons, the empress Theodora and
others). Feminea Mediaevalia is designed to foreground feminine and
feminist topics and issues in the field of medieval studies.
Contributors: DEBORAH EVERHART, STEPHEN STALLCUP, JENNIFER R.
GOODMAN, BONNIE WHEELER, JEAN E. JOST, JO GOYNE, RENEEJUSTICE
STANDLEY, DEREK BAKER, SAMUEL LYNDON GLADDEN, PAULA MARTIN,
PATRICIA STIRNEMANN, DONNA J. OESTREICH, MARIANNE SINRAM, ELIZABETH
NIGHTLINGER, ANN HUTCHISON, MICHAEL HOLAHAN.
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