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A New Companion to Malory (Paperback)
Megan G. Leitch, Cory James Rushton; Contributions by Catherine Nall, Ralph Norris, Thomas H. Crofts, …
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A comprehensive survey of Malory's Morte Darthur, one of the most
important texts of the Middle Ages. Malory's Morte Darthur is now a
canonical and widely-taught text. Recent decades have seen a
transformation and expansion of critical approaches in scholarship,
as well as significant advances in understanding its
milieux:textual, literary, cultural and historical. This volume
adds to and updates the influential Companion of 1996, offering
scholars, teachers and students alike a full guide to the text and
the author. The essays it contains provide a synthetic overview of,
and fresh perspectives on, the key questions about and contexts
connected with the Morte. MEGAN G. LEITCH is Senior Lecturer in
English Literature at Cardiff University; CORY JAMES RUSHTON is
Associate Professor in the Department of English at St Francis
Xavier University, Canada. Contributors: Dorsey Armstrong, Thomas
Crofts, Sian Echard, Rob Gossedge, Daniel Helbert, Amy Kaufman,
Megan Leitch, Andrew Lynch, Catherine Nall, Ralph Norris, Raluca
Radulescu, Lisa Robeson, Meg Roland, Cory Rushton, Masako Takagi,
Kevin Whetter.
The figure of the zombie remains a familiar one in world culture,
transcending disciplines as metaphor for ""the other,"" a
participant in narratives of life and death, good and evil, and of
a fate worse than death--the state of being ""undead."" This book
explores numerous aspects of the zombie phenomenon, from its roots
in Haitian folklore, to its evolution on the silver screen, to its
most radical transformation during the 1960s countercultural
revolution. Contributors from a broad range of disciplines here
examine the zombie and its relationship to colonialism,
orientalism, racism, globalism, capitalism and more--including
potential signs that the nearly unstoppable zombie hordes may have
finally met their match: oversaturation.
First full-length investigation into Canadian literary medievalism
as a discrete phenomenon. The essays in this volume consider what
is original and distinctive about the manifestation of medievalism
in Canadian literature and its origins and its subsequent growth
and development: from the first novel published in Canada written
by a Canadian-born author, Julia Beckwith Hart's St Ursula's
Convent (1824), to the recent work of the best-selling novelist
Patrick DeWitt (Undermajordomo Minor, published in 2015). Topics
addressed include the strong strain of medievalist fantasy itself
in the work of the young-adult author Kit Pearson, and the longer
novels of Charles de Lint, Steven Erikson, and Guy Gavriel Kay; the
medievalist inclinations of Archibald Lampman and W.W. Campbell,
well-known nineteenth-century Canadian poets; and the often-studied
Wacousta by John Richardson, first published in 1832. Chapters also
cover early Canadian periodicals' engagement with orientalist
medievalism; and works by twentieth-century writers such as the
irrepressible Earle Birney, the witty and intellectual Robertson
Davies, and the fascinating and learned Margaret Atwood.
An examination into aspects of the sexual as depicted in a variety
of medieval texts, from Chaucer and Malory to romance and
alchemical treatises. It is often said that the past is a foreign
country where they do things differently, and perhaps no type of
"doing" is more fascinating than sexual desires and behaviours. Our
modern view of medieval sexuality is characterised bya polarising
dichotomy between the swooning love-struck knights and ladies of
romance on one hand, and the darkly imagined and misogyny of an
unenlightened "medieval" sexuality on the other. British medieval
sexual culture also exhibits such dualities through the influential
paradigms of sinner or saint, virgin or whore, and protector or
defiler of women. However, such sexual identities are rarely
coherent or stable, and it is in the grey areas, the interstices
between normative modes of sexuality, that we find the most
compelling instances of erotic frisson and sexual expression. This
collection of essays brings together a wide-ranging discussion of
the sexual possibilitiesand fantasies of medieval Britain as they
manifest themselves in the literature of the period. Taking as
their matter texts and authors as diverse as Chaucer, Gower,
Dunbar, Malory, alchemical treatises, and romances, the
contributions reveal a surprising variety of attitudes, strategies
and sexual subject positions. Amanda Hopkins teaches in English and
French at the University of Warwick; Robert Allen Rouse is
Associate Professor of English atthe University of British
Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada; Cory James Rushton
is Associate Professor of English at St Francis Xavier University
in Nova Scotia, Canada. Contributors: Aisling Byrne, Anna Caughey,
Kristina Hildebrand, Amy S. Kaufman, Yvette Kisor, Megan G. Leitch,
Cynthea Masson, Hannah Priest, Samantha J. Rayner, Robert Allen
Rouse, Cory James Rushton, Amy N. Vines
After a thorough restoration under the leadership of Will, the city
of Torch Port is now home to diverse folk from all over the world.
Its newest citizens are dwarves from the Rust Mountains, former
warriors turned vagabonds by the fall of the Iron Country. Will
sets out to learn about their past, hoping not only to help them
out as much as he can, but also to investigate rumors he's heard
about an imminent threat lurking in the mountains. Then, a
mysterious prophecy shakes Will's resolve: "Thou shalt challenge
the dragon with the protection of the god of the flame and die
defeated, thy purpose not fulfilled."
An examination into aspects of the sexual as depicted in a variety
of medieval texts, from Chaucer and Malory to romance and
alchemical treatises. It is often said that the past is a foreign
country where they do things differently, and perhaps no type of
"doing" is more fascinating than sexual desires and behaviours. Our
modern view of medieval sexuality is characterised bya polarising
dichotomy between the swooning love-struck knights and ladies of
romance on one hand, and the darkly imagined and misogyny of an
unenlightened "medieval" sexuality on the other. British medieval
sexual culture also exhibits such dualities through the influential
paradigms of sinner or saint, virgin or whore, and protector or
defiler of women. However, such sexual identities are rarely
coherent or stable, and it is in the grey areas, the interstices
between normative modes of sexuality, that we find the most
compelling instances of erotic frisson and sexual expression. This
collection of essays brings together a wide-ranging discussion of
the sexual possibilitiesand fantasies of medieval Britain as they
manifest themselves in the literature of the period. Taking as
their matter texts and authors as diverse as Chaucer, Gower,
Dunbar, Malory, alchemical treatises, and romances, the
contributions reveal a surprising variety of attitudes, strategies
and sexual subject positions. Amanda Hopkins teaches in English and
French at the University of Warwick; Robert Allen Rouse is
Associate Professor of English atthe University of British
Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada; Cory James Rushton
is Associate Professor of English at St Francis Xavier University
in Nova Scotia, Canada. Contributors: Aisling Byrne, Anna Caughey,
Kristina Hildebrand, Amy S. Kaufman, Yvette Kisor, Megan G. Leitch,
Cynthea Masson, Hannah Priest, Samantha J. Rayner, Robert Allen
Rouse, Cory James Rushton, Amy N. Vines
A comprehensive guide to the medieval popular romance, one of the
age's most important literary forms. Popular romance was one of the
most wide-spread forms of literature in the middle ages, yet
despite its cultural centrality, and its fundamental importance for
later literary developments, the genre has defied precise
definition,its subject matter ranging from tales of chivalric
adventure, to saintly women, and monsters who become human. The
essays in this collection seek to provide an inclusive and thorough
examination of romance. They provide contexts,definitions, and
explanations for the genre, particularly in, but not limited to, an
English context. Topics covered include genre and literary
classification; race and ethnicity; gender; orality and
performance; the romance and young readers; metre and form;
printing culture; and reception. CONTRIBUTORS: ROSALIND FIELD,
RALUCA L. RADULESCU, MALDWYN MILLS, GILLIAN ROGERS, JENNIFER
FELLOWS, THOMAS H. CROFTS, ROBERT ALLEN ROUSE, JOANNE CHARBONNEAU,
DESIREE CROMWELL, AD PUTTER, KARL REICHL, PHILLIPA HARDMAN, CORY
JAMES RUSHTON
An examination of the erotic in medieval literature which includes
articles on the role of clothing and nudity, the tension between
eroticism and transgression and religion and the erotic. This
volume examines the erotic in the literature of medieval Britain,
primarily in Middle English, but also in Latin, Welsh and Old
French. Seeking to discover the nature of the erotic and how it
differs from modern erotics, thecontributors address topics such as
the Wife of Bath's opinions on marital eroticism, the role of
clothing and nudity, the tension between eroticism and
transgression, the interplay between religion and the erotic, and
the hedonistic horrors of the cannibalistic Giant of Mont St
Michel. Amanda Hopkins teaches in the Department of English and
Comparative Literary Studies and the department of French at the
University of Warwick. Cory James Rushton is in the Department of
English at St. Francis Xavier University, Nova Scotia, Canada.
Contributors: Anthony Bale, Jane Bliss, Michael Cichon, Thomas H.
Crofts III, Alex Davis, Kristina Hildebrand, Amanda Hopkins,Simon
Meecham-Jones, Sue Niebrzydowski, Margaret Robson, Robert Rouse,
Cory James Rushton, Corinne Saunders.
Heralded as a hero for his hand in slaying the wyvern in
Whitesails, Will steps into his own as the paladin of a faraway
land. He uses his new decoration to rally men in the name of
liberating Beast Woods from its demon plight, but the battle ahead
won't be an easy one. He'll come to learn the hard way that heroes
don't just fight-they protect. The greatness of their deeds lives
on in song and the hearts of men, a candle of courage for all even
in the darkest of times. And for Will, his own saga is just
beginning...
After returning from the battle at the Rust Mountains, what awaited
Will was not a fairytale ending or another terrifying threat, but
the commonplace events of his everyday life. His friendship and a
fierce battle with his dependable ally, the swordsman Reystov. An
adventure in a snow-filled forest with the troubadour Bee. A battle
with an ancient indomitable giant. And prayers and conversation
with the god of the flame. Penned by the Paladin, these are the
stories of a single winter.
Now that he's of age, Will leaves the temple on his own and sets
out into the world as a warrior, priest, and sorcerer of Gracefeel.
Incredible things, both good and bad, inevitably lie ahead...but
the immediate future is uncertain. Two centuries have elapsed since
the battle against the High King of the Eternals. Are there any
humans left in the land beyond, or is Will truly alone now? Even if
he finds other people, will he find allies in them? Or is the
darkness of the outside world deeper than he ever dreamed?
Will has now come into his own as the Faraway Paladin. With strong
friends and an even stronger spirit, he has saved Beast Woods and
its people from their plight. There's great cause for
celebration...but all is not well in the land. Strange happenings
are afoot, beginning with plants blooming out of season and dying
at random. At Duke Ethel's request, Will and Menel are off to
investigate, not knowing that their journey will lead them to an
ominous prophecy and the Rust Mountains, the capital of the
dwarves.
The motif of death and dying traced through over a thousand years
of the English Arthurian tradition. It is arguably the tragic end
to Arthur's kingdom which gives the myth its exceptional resonance
and power. The essays in this volume explore the presentation of
death and dying in Arthurian literature and film produced in
Englandand America from the middle ages to the modern day. Authors,
texts and topics covered include Geoffrey of Monmouth, the
chronicle tradition, and the alliterative Morte Arthure; Gawain and
the Green Knight, Ywain and Gawain, the stanzaic Morte Arthur, and
Malory's Morte Darthur; Tennyson's Idylls, Pyle's retelling of the
myth for American children, David Jones, T.H. White, Donald
Barthelme, Rosalind Miles and Parke Godwin. Featured films include
Knight Rider, Excalibur, First Knight, and King Arthur.
CONTRIBUTORS: Sian Echard, Edward Donald Kennedy, Karen Cherewatuk,
Michael W. Twomey, K. S. Whetter, Thomas Crofts, MichaelWenthe,
Lisa Robeson, Cory James Rushton, Janina P. Traxler, James Noble,
Julie Nelson Couch, Samantha Rayner, Kevin J. Harty
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A New Companion to Malory (Hardcover)
Megan G. Leitch, Cory James Rushton; Contributions by Catherine Nall, Ralph Norris, Thomas H. Crofts, …
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A comprehensive survey of one of the most important texts of the
Middle Ages. Malory's Morte Darthur is now a canonical and
widely-taught text. Recent decades have seen a transformation and
expansion of critical approaches in scholarship, as well as
significant advances in understanding its milieux:textual,
literary, cultural and historical. This volume adds to and updates
the influential Companion of 1996, offering scholars, teachers and
students alike a full guide to the text and the author. The essays
it contains provide a synthetic overview of, and fresh perspectives
on, the key questions about and contexts connected with the Morte.
MEGAN G. LEITCH is Senior Lecturer in English Literature at Cardiff
University; CORY JAMES RUSHTON is Associate Professor in the
Department of English at St Francis Xavier University, Canada.
Contributors: Dorsey Armstrong, Thomas Crofts, Sian Echard, Rob
Gossedge, Daniel Helbert, Amy Kaufman, Megan Leitch, Andrew Lynch,
Catherine Nall, Ralph Norris, Raluca Radulescu, Lisa Robeson, Meg
Roland, Cory Rushton, Masako Takagi, Kevin Whetter.
In the city of the dead, long since ruined and far from human
civilization, lives a single human child. His name is Will, and
he's being raised by three undead. The three pour love into the
boy, and teach him all they know. But one day, Will starts to
wonder: "Who am I?"Will must unravel the mysteries of this faraway
land, and unearth the secret pasts of the undead. He must learn the
love and mercy of the good gods, and the bigotry and madness of the
bad. And when he knows it all, the boy will take his first step on
the path to becoming a Paladin.
An examination of the erotic in medieval literature which includes
articles on the role of clothing and nudity, the tension between
eroticism and transgression and religion and the erotic. This
volume examines the erotic in the literature of medieval Britain,
primarily in Middle English, but also in Latin, Welsh and Old
French. Seeking to discover the nature of the erotic and how it
differs from modern erotics, thecontributors address topics such as
the Wife of Bath's opinions on marital eroticism, the role of
clothing and nudity, the tension between eroticism and
transgression, the interplay between religion and the erotic, and
the hedonistic horrors of the cannibalistic Giant of Mont St
Michel. Contributors: ALEX DAVIS, SIMON MEECHAM-JONES, JANE BLISS,
SUE NIEBRZYDOWSKI, KRISTINA HILDEBRAND, ANTHONY BALE, CORY JAMES
RUSHTON, CORINNE SAUNDERS, AMANDA HOPKINS, ROBERT ROUSE, MARGARET
ROBSON, THOMAS H. CROFTS III, MICHAEL CICHON. AMANDA HOPKINS
teaches in the department of English and Comparative Literary
Studies and the department of French at the University of Warwick;
CORY RUSHTON is in the Department of English at St. Francis Xavier
University, Nova Scotia, Canada.
In the fight against death, Will finds a new guiding light-and not
a moment too soon. He must quickly learn to take what he gains in
the face of great loss and soldier boldly, reverently forward into
the future. With new life and purpose, Will takes his first steps
out into the world. Yet life on the outside is harsh. The land
where beasts roam and demons maraud is a dark one. Even the
kindness of strangers can be cruel here. The bustling city, too, is
cloaked in shadows all its own. Will must continue to fight, both
for his life and the light he now carries with him.
A comprehensive guide to the medieval popular romance, one of the
age's most important literary forms. Popular romance was one of the
most wide-spread forms of literature in the middle ages, yet
despite its cultural centrality, and its fundamental importance for
later literary developments, the genre has defied precise
definition,its subject matter ranging from tales of chivalric
adventure, to saintly women, and monsters who become human. The
essays in this collection seek to provide an inclusive and thorough
examination of romance. They provide contexts,definitions, and
explanations for the genre, particularly in, but not limited to, an
English context. Topics covered include genre and literary
classification; race and ethnicity; gender; orality and
performance; the romance and young readers; metre and form;
printing culture; and reception. CONTRIBUTORS: ROSALIND FIELD,
RALUCA L. RADULESCU, MALDWYN MILLS, GILLIAN ROGERS, JENNIFER
FELLOWS, THOMAS H. CROFTS, ROBERT ALLEN ROUSE, JOANNE
CHARBONNEAU,DESIREE CROMWELL, AD PUTTER, KARL REICHL, PHILLIPA
HARDMAN, CORY JAMES RUSHTON
Though wary, Will and his allies at last set upon the forbidding
Rust Mountains where the foul dragon Valacirca awaits. A bloody
battle is all but certain, and words of warning come from every
direction imaginable-including from the god of undeath. Yet not
even a nostalgic reunion can deter Will. He means to stay his
course and fight. Thus the curtain rises on a tense clash in the
lost underground kingdom... Is Will strong enough to hold his own
against a dragon feared by even the gods, or will this be the
Faraway Paladin's last stand?
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The Faraway Paladin (Manga) Omnibus 5
Kanata Yanagino; Illustrated by Mutsumi Okubashi; Translated by James Rushton
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Contains the Complete Volumes 9-10! Under cover of night, Will and
his party set out on a quest to slay the calamitous elder dragon
Valacirca, bringer of war and transgressor upon the dwarves’
former home. Before they can vanquish the ancient beast, however,
they must survive the journey to the Rust Mountains where it
dwells. The way is long and fraught with dangers both anticipated
and unexpected. But even with the odds against them, Will, Menel,
Reystov, Al, and Ghelreis venture forth, emboldened by each
other’s bravery—for where there is darkness, there may always
yet be light.
Disability and Medieval Law: History, Literature and Society is an
intervention in the growing and complex field of medieval
disability studies. The size of the field and the complexity of the
subject lend themselves to the use of case studies: how a
particular author imagines an injury, how a particular legal code
deals with (and sometimes creates) injury to the human body. While
many studies have fruitfully insisted on theoretical approaches,
Disability and Medieval Law considers how medieval societies
directly dealt with crime, punishment, oath-taking, and mental
illness. When did medieval law take disability into account in
setting punishment or responsibility? When did medieval law choose
to cause disabilities? How did medieval authors use disability to
discuss not only law, but social relationships and the nature of
the human?The volume includes essays on topics as diverse as
Francis of Assissi, Margery Kempe, La Manekine, Geoffrey Chaucer,
early medieval law codes, and the definition of mental illness in
English legal records, by Irina Metzler, Wendy J. Turner, Amanda
Hopkins, Donna Trembinski, Marian Lupo and Cory James Rushton.
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