Sir Perceval Of Galles And Ywain And Gawain
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Sir Perceval Of Galles And Ywain And Gawain
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Author : Mary Flowers Braswell
language : en
Publisher: Medieval Institute Publications
Release Date : 1995-10-01
Sir Perceval Of Galles And Ywain And Gawain written by Mary Flowers Braswell and has been published by Medieval Institute Publications this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1995-10-01 with Literary Collections categories.
This volume contains the only known English version of Chretien de Troyes's romance of the naive knight Perceval, Sir Perceval of Galles. The work uses Perceval's ridiculous behavior as a late medieval satire of courtliness. Accompanying this tale is Ywain and Gawain, a translation of a second Chretien poem, Le Chevalier au Lion. Unlike Sir Perceval, this poem extols the virtues of chivalry and honor. These complementary works form an excellent introduction to Middle English Arthurian romance, as they include editing, glosses, introductions, and a very helpful glossary for beginning students.
Sir Perceval Of Galles And Ywain And Gawain
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Author : Chretien De Troyes
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2011-05
Sir Perceval Of Galles And Ywain And Gawain written by Chretien De Troyes and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-05 with categories.
Chretien de Troyes was a French poet and trouvere who flourished in the late 12th century. Little is known of his life, but he seems to have been from Troyes, or at least intimately connected with it, and between 1160 and 1172 he served at the court of his patroness Marie of France, Countess of Champagne, daughter of Eleanor of Aquitaine, perhaps as herald at arms. His work on Arthurian subjects represents some of the best regarded of medieval literature. His use of structure, particular in Yvain, the Knight of the Lion, has been seen as a step towards the modern novel. Chretien's works include five major poems in rhyming eight-syllable couplets. Four of these are complete; Erec and Enide (c. 1170); Cliges (c. 1176), and Yvain, the Knight of the Lion and Lancelot, the Knight of the Cart, both written simultaneously between 1177 and 1181. Chretien's final romance was Perceval, the Story of the Grail, written between 1181 and 1190, but left unfinished, though some scholars have disputed this. It is dedicated to Philip, Count of Flanders, to whom Chretien may have been attached in his last years. He finished only 9,000 lines of the work, but four successors of varying talents added 54,000 additional lines in what are known as the Four Continuations. Similarly, the last thousand lines of Lancelot were written by Godefroi de Leigni, apparently by arrangement with Chretien. In the case of Perceval, one continuer says the poet's death prevented him from completing the work, in the case of Lancelot, no reason is given. This has not stopped speculation that Chretien did not approve of Lancelot's adulterous subject. Chretien's five romances together form the most complete expression from a single author of the ideals of French chivalry. Though as of yet there has been little critical attention paid to the subject, it is not inaccurate to say that Chretien was influenced by the changing face of secular and canonical law in the twelfth century. This is particularly relevant for his Lancelot, the Knight of the Cart which makes repeated use of the customary law prevalent in Chretien's day.
Negotiating Boundaries In Medieval Literature And Culture
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Author : Valerie B. Johnson
language : en
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Release Date : 2022-03-21
Negotiating Boundaries In Medieval Literature And Culture written by Valerie B. Johnson and has been published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-03-21 with Literary Criticism categories.
Thomas Hahn’s work laid the foundations for medieval romance studies to embrace the study of alterity and hybridity within Middle English literature. His contributions to scholarship brought Robin Hood studies into the critical mainstream, normalized the study of historically marginalized literature and peoples, and encouraged scholars to view medieval readers as actively encountering others and exploring themselves. This volume employs his methodologies – careful attention to texts and their contexts, cross-cultural readings, and theoretically-informed analysis – to highlight the literary culture of late medieval England afresh. Addressing long-established canonical works such as Chaucer, Christine de Pizan, and Malory alongside understudied traditions and manuscripts, this book will be of interest to literary scholars of the later Middle Ages who, like Hahn, work across boundaries of genre, tradition, and chronology.
Words That Tear The Flesh
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Author : Stephen Alan Baragona
language : en
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Release Date : 2018-01-22
Words That Tear The Flesh written by Stephen Alan Baragona and has been published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-01-22 with History categories.
The rhetorical trope of irony is well-trod territory, with books and essays devoted to its use by a wide range of medieval and Renaissance writers, from the Beowulf-poet and Chaucer to Boccaccio and Shakespeare; however, the use of sarcasm, the "flesh tearing" form of irony, in the same literature has seldom been studied at length or in depth. Sarcasm is notoriously difficult to pick out in a written text, since it relies so much on tone of voice and context. This is the first book-length study of medieval and Renaissance sarcasm. Its fourteen essays treat instances in a range of genres, both sacred and secular, and of cultures from Anglo-Saxon to Arabic, where the combination of circumstance and word choice makes it absolutely clear that the speaker, whether a character or a narrator, is being sarcastic. Essays address, among other things, the clues writers give that sarcasm is at work, how it conforms to or deviates from contemporary rhetorical theories, what role it plays in building character or theme, and how sarcasm conforms to the Christian milieu of medieval Europe, and beyond to medieval Arabic literature. The collection thus illuminates a half-hidden but surprisingly common early literary technique for modern readers.
Arthurian Literature
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Author : Bart Besamusca
language : en
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer
Release Date : 2007
Arthurian Literature written by Bart Besamusca and has been published by Boydell & Brewer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007 with Literary Collections categories.
Essays demonstrating that Arthur belonged to the whole of Europe - not just England.
Ten Middle English Arthurian Romances
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Author : Jean E. Jost
language : en
Publisher: Hall Reference Books
Release Date : 1986
Ten Middle English Arthurian Romances written by Jean E. Jost and has been published by Hall Reference Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1986 with Arthurian romances categories.
Parzival
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Author : Arthur Groos
language : en
Publisher: Psychology Press
Release Date : 2002
Parzival written by Arthur Groos and has been published by Psychology Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002 with Literary Collections categories.
First Published in 2002. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
The Cambridge Companion To Medieval Romance
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Author : Roberta L. Krueger
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2000-06-22
The Cambridge Companion To Medieval Romance written by Roberta L. Krueger and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000-06-22 with Literary Criticism categories.
This Companion presents fifteen original and engaging essays by leading scholars on one of the most influential genres of Western literature. Chapters describe the origins of early verse romance in twelfth-century French and Anglo-Norman courts and analyze the evolution of verse and prose romance in France, Germany, England, Italy, and Spain throughout the Middle Ages. The volume introduces a rich array of traditions and texts and offers fresh perspectives on the manuscript context of romance, the relationship of romance to other genres, popular romance in urban contexts, romance as mirror of familiar and social tensions, and the representation of courtly love, chivalry, 'other' worlds and gender roles. Together the essays demonstrate that European romances not only helped to promulgate the ideals of elite societies in formation, but also held those values up for questioning. An introduction, a chronology and a bibliography of texts and translations complete this lively, useful overview.
Holy And Noble Beasts
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Author : David Salter
language : en
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer
Release Date : 2001
Holy And Noble Beasts written by David Salter and has been published by Boydell & Brewer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001 with History categories.
It argues that through their depictions of animals, medieval writers were not only able to reflect upon their own humanity, but were also able to explore the meaning of more abstract values and ideas (such as civility, sanctity and nobility) that were central to the culture of the time."--BOOK JACKET.
Anglicising Romance
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Author : Rhiannon Purdie
language : en
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Release Date : 2008
Anglicising Romance written by Rhiannon Purdie and has been published by Boydell & Brewer Ltd this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008 with Literary Criticism categories.
A reappraisal of the tail-rhyme form so strongly associated with medieval English romance, and how it became so appropriated.