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Heroes Gods And The Role Of Epiphany In English Epic Poetry

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Author : E.L. Risden
language : en
Publisher: McFarland
Release Date : 2008-07-30

Heroes Gods And The Role Of Epiphany In English Epic Poetry written by E.L. Risden and has been published by McFarland this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-07-30 with History categories.

This book examines how epic poetry reflects cultural values, and how, in epic poems, the heroes must meet supernatural beings to find answers to essential questions. It begins with three chapters on ancient poetry (including The Iliad and The Odyssey, the Mahabharata, the Epic of Gilgamesh, the Aeneid and the Bhagavad Gita). Subsequent chapters take up the main subject of the book, examining the evolution of English epic poetry from the anonymous Old English Beowulf to Spenser's The Faerie Queen, Milton's Paradise Lost, Blake's Milton, Wordsworth's The Prelude, Barett Browning's Aurora Leigh and Derek Walcott's 1990 poem Omeros.

Narrative Subversion In Medieval Literature

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Author : E.L. Risden
language : en
Publisher: McFarland
Release Date : 2016-07-19

Narrative Subversion In Medieval Literature written by E.L. Risden and has been published by McFarland this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-07-19 with Literary Criticism categories.

A story that follows a simple trajectory is seldom worth telling. But the unexpected overturning of narrative progress creates complexity and interest, directing the reader's attention to the most powerful elements of a story. Exile, for example, upsets a protagonist's hopes for a happy earthly life, emphasizing spiritual perception instead. Waking life interrupts dreams, just as dreams may redirect how one lives. Focusing on medieval literature, this study explores how narrative subversion works in such well known stories as Beowulf, Piers Plowman, Le Morte D'Arthur, The Canterbury Tales, Troylus and Criseyde, "Voluspa" and other Old Norse sagas, Grail quest romances, and many others.

Pleasures Of Literary Spatiality

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Author : E.L. Risden
language : en
Publisher: McFarland
Release Date : 2024-02-15

Pleasures Of Literary Spatiality written by E.L. Risden and has been published by McFarland this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-02-15 with Literary Criticism categories.

Barring such illnesses as claustrophobia or agoraphobia, or situations such as medical isolation or incarceration, most people move naturally from smaller to larger spaces and back again without giving the process much thought. But paying attention to our own movement in space yields all sorts of sensory experiences from something relaxing to something terrifying or even astonishingly beautiful. Our sense of expandable/contractible space can influence how we process everything from Japanese gardens to mountain hikes and desert expanses. Writers often expand or contract spaces around their characters for dramatic effect, character building, and even thematic purposes. Marie de France used expanded spaces for adventure and travel and contracted spaces first for romance, and then for spiritual devotion. Chaucer used expanded spaces for adventure, pilgrimage, and danger and contracted spaces for conviviality and storytelling. Dante and Milton created expansive cosmologies but focused on small spaces for both suffering and incredible spiritual achievement. This study of literary spatiality yields fascinating results, reflects useful techniques for reading, and reminds us of the value of all sorts of different approaches to analysis and artistic enjoyment.

Shakespeare And The Problem Play

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Author : E.L. Risden
language : en
Publisher: McFarland
Release Date : 2012-10-06

Shakespeare And The Problem Play written by E.L. Risden and has been published by McFarland this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-10-06 with Performing Arts categories.

Shakespeare's plays provide a rich source of genre variation as well as moral or ethical issues that invite deep study. The genre issue often proves the very moral crux where Shakespeare raises the most complex questions. He aimed to build good plays, not simple fulfillments of genre demands. To him "good plays" meant leaving his audience with problems to consider. This book begins with those works most commonly appearing in studies of problem plays, The Merchant of Venice, Troilus and Cressida, All's Well That Ends Well, Measure for Measure; moves to some comedic problem plays, Much Ado About Nothing, A Midsummer Night's Dream, and Twelfth Night; and then to tragic problem plays, Hamlet, Othello, and King Lear. It concludes with some problems in the history and romance genres for the issues they raise in love, adventure, and governance: Henry IV, Part 1, Henry V, Cymbeline, The Tempest, and Love's Labor's Lost.

Beowulf On Film

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Author : Nickolas Haydock
language : en
Publisher: McFarland
Release Date : 2013-10-01

Beowulf On Film written by Nickolas Haydock and has been published by McFarland this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-10-01 with Performing Arts categories.

Why did the most read work in English literature go without cinematic adaptation for so long? And why did five major film treatments appear between 1999 and 2008? This book explores the growing number of films based on the Old English epic poem Beowulf, and furthers the ongoing consideration of filmic medievalism. Will the powerful influence of cinema affect the future reception of this great cultural, linguistic and inherently visual work? The films inevitably sway away from not only the story but also from the themes and concerns of the original to those more interesting to the filmmakers--or responsive to the zeitgeist. They measure the pulse of our inherited notions of heroism and teach us more about our own times than about the epic from which they derive.

Tolkien S Intellectual Landscape

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Author : E.L. Risden
language : en
Publisher: McFarland
Release Date : 2015-03-18

Tolkien S Intellectual Landscape written by E.L. Risden and has been published by McFarland this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-03-18 with Literary Criticism categories.

The work of J.R.R. Tolkien has had a profound effect on contemporary fiction and filmmaking. Often disparaged by critics, Tolkien's fiction created a market for the "fantasy trilogy" and his academic work represents an innovative contribution to the field of philology. In the 20th century, his fiction bridged the gap between "learned" and "popular" readerships. Today the fantasy genre continues to grow--even as publishers cut back on creative fiction--moving energetically into film, gaming and online fan fiction. This book describes how Tolkien's imaginative landscape continues to entertain and inspire, drawing new generations to Middle-earth.

Defining Neomedievalism S

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Author : Karl Fugelso
language : en
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer
Release Date : 2010

Defining Neomedievalism S written by Karl Fugelso and has been published by Boydell & Brewer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010 with History categories.

The focus on neomedievalism at the 2007 International Conference on Medievalism, in ever more sessions at the annual International Congress on Medieval Studies, and by many recent or forthcoming publications, has left little doubt that this important new area of study is here to stay, and that medievalism must come to terms with it. In response to an essay in Studies in Medievalism XVIII defining medievalism in relationship to neomedievalism, this volume therefore begins with seven essays defining neomedievalism in relationship to medievalism. --