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Material on the production and transmission of medieval literature
and the early formation of the canon of English poetry. A wide
range of poets is covered - Chaucer, Gower, Hoccleve, the Gawain
poet, Langland, and Lydgate, along with the translator of
Claudian's De Consulatu Stilichonis. The Turnament of Totenham is
read in termsof theory of the carnivalesque and popular culture,
and major contributions are made to current linguistic, editorial
and codicological controversies. Going beyond the Middle Ages, the
book also considers the sixteenth-century reception of Chaucer's
Legend of Good Women and Post-Reformation reading of Lydgate. It is
essential reading for anyone interested in the production and
transmission of medieval literature, and in the early formation of
the canon of English poetry. Contributors: JULIA BOFFEY, J.A.
BURROW, CHRISTOPHER CANNON, MARTHA DRIVER, SIAN ECHARD, A.S.G.
EDWARDS, KATE D. HARRIS, S.S. HUSSEY, KATHRYN KERBY-FULTON, CAROL
M. MEALE, LINNE R. MOONEY, CHARLOTTE C. MORSE, V.I.J. SCATTERGOOD,
ELIZABETH SOLOPOVA, ESTELLE STUBBS, JOHN THOMPSON.
Wide-ranging essays engaging with all aspects of medieval romance,
from textual studies to historical sources. The essays in this
volume reflect the range and diversity of approach and of critical
stance which have characterised romance studies in recent years.
Amongst the areas of interest addressed are those of generic
definition; the role of romance in relation to emergent ideas of
nationalism; the complex associations between gender and genre, and
between historical events and their expression in literature. Other
issues explored are the transmission and reception of texts; the
nature of the audiences; and the implications of critical theory
for the reading of medieval romance. Contributors: MALDWYN MILLS,
J.A. BURROW, DONNA CRAWFORD, A.S.G. EDWARDS, ARLYN DIAMOND, JOCELYN
WOGAN-BROWNE, JOHN J. THOMPSON, THORLAC TURVILLE-PETRE, DIANA
SPEED, JOHN SCATTERGOOD, COLIN RICHMOND, CAROL M. MEALE.
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A Companion to Malory (Paperback, New Ed)
Elizabeth Archibald, A.S.G. Edwards; Contributions by A.S.G. Edwards, Barbara Nolan, C. David Benson, …
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Malory's Morte Darthur - text, history and reception - expertly
appraised by international scholars. This collection of original
essays by an international group of distinguished medievalists
provides a comprehensive introduction to the great work of Sir
Thomas Malory, which will be indispensable for both students and
scholars. It is divided into three main sections, on Malory in
context, the art of the Morte Darthur, and its reception in later
years. As well as essays on the eight tales which make up the Morte
Darthur, there are studies ofthe relationship between the
Winchestermanuscript and Caxton's and later editions; the political
and social context in which Malory wrote; his style and sources;
and his treatment of two key concepts in Arthurian literature,
chivalry and the representation of women. The volume also includes
a brief biography of Malory with a list of the historical records
relating to him and his family. It ends with a discussion of the
reception of the Morte Darthurfrom the sixteenth to the twentieth
centuries, and a select bibliography. Contributors: P.J.C. FIELD,
FELICITY RIDDY, RICHARD BARBER, ELIZABETH EDWARDS, TERENCE
MCCARTHY, CAROL MEALE, JEREMY SMITH, ELIZABETH ARCHIBALD,BARBARA
NOLAN, HELEN COOPER, JILL MANN, DAVID BENSON, A.S.G. EDWARDS
This collection of essays focuses on the questions of women's
access to a written culture in medieval Britain and their
representation within it. It explores women's engagement with
Anglo-Norman, English and Welsh as well as Latin, and addresses
issues including orality and literacy and women's exclusion from a
written tradition. It considers the question of the levels of
literacy attained by women, and contemporary attitudes to their
acquisition of such skills, as well as the historical evidence for
women's activity as writers, patrons and readers. It also examines
the representation of women within different literary genres, both
secular and religious - their possession or lack of power, and
their roles as lovers, mothers and saints. This is the first such
volume to focus on these issues within the specific framework of
late medieval Britain, and as such constitutes a unique
contribution to the study of women and medieval literary history.
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