The Loathly Lady In Thomas Of Erceldoune
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The Loathly Lady In Thomas Of Erceldoune
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Author : William Price Albrecht
language : en
Publisher: Forgotten Books
Release Date : 2017-10-21
The Loathly Lady In Thomas Of Erceldoune written by William Price Albrecht and has been published by Forgotten Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-10-21 with Social Science categories.
Excerpt from The Loathly Lady in "Thomas of Erceldoune" With a Text of the Poem Printed in 1652 This study will be concerned mainly with Thomas's mistress - her origins and her role in the poem. Although the poem bears Thomas's name, the lady is the central character. It is she who, after the initial encounter at least, compels the action of the romance and finally delivers the prophecies for which every thing else has been preparation. Neither her origins, however, nor her actions in the poem have been as fully explained as the evidence permits. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
The Loathly Lady In Thomas Of Erceldoune
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Author : William Price Albrecht
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1954
The Loathly Lady In Thomas Of Erceldoune written by William Price Albrecht and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1954 with Romances, Scottish categories.
The Loathly Lady In Thomas Of Erceldoune
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Author : William P. Albrecht
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1974
The Loathly Lady In Thomas Of Erceldoune written by William P. Albrecht and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1974 with categories.
The Loathly Lady In Thomas Of Erceldoune
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Author : William Price Albrecht
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1976
The Loathly Lady In Thomas Of Erceldoune written by William Price Albrecht and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1976 with Thomas of Erceldoune categories.
Thomas Of Erceldoune Introduction Commentary Glossary
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Author : Ingeborg Nixon
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1983
Thomas Of Erceldoune Introduction Commentary Glossary written by Ingeborg Nixon and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1983 with Romances, English categories.
The English Loathly Lady Tales
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Author : S. Elizabeth Passmore
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2007
The English Loathly Lady Tales written by S. Elizabeth Passmore and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007 with Literary Criticism categories.
Whereas some literary motifs such as the tyrant, the beggar, and the crone have equivalents in the real world, the Loathly Lady is a creature of the imagination. Yet she is not merely a whimsical fantasy. This volume concentrates on the medieval English Loathly Lady tales, which develop the motif as a vehicle for social ideology. One of the primary agendas of this collection is to promote the non-canonical Loathly Ladies as worthwhile subjects for scholarly consideration. The examinations here of the medieval English Loathly Lady tales engage with a myriad of concerns, including anxieties about virginity and sex, power and assimilation, beauty and beastliness. These broad examinations of this enigmatic literary motif are an excellent contribution to the field and will be of great interest to scholars.
Willing Shape Shifters
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Author : Susan Carter
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2001
Willing Shape Shifters written by Susan Carter and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001 with categories.
I explicate the nexus of cultural ideas embodied in the loathly lady motif, whose narratives are concerned with national and personal identity. Her shape-shifting flesh signals the contestation of will inherent in kingship, nationhood, and heterosexual relations. I begin with the Irish Sovranty figure, Chaucer and Gower's loathly ladies, Dame Ragnell, Thomas of Erceldoune's fairy queen, and several balladic heroines: medieval versions which endorse active female sexuality and make male subjugation to it a kingly ideal. The two loci of the tales, the forest and court, are diametrically opposite spheres brought into play with each other through the two main characters of the tales, the beastly bride and the hunter hunted. These enact an courtship ritual invoking an imbroglio of concerns, including anxiety about food and sex, fear of assimilation, suspicion of human beastliness; the signification of feminine flesh, the relation of word to flesh, of genre to gender; initiation into maturity, social hierarchy, and the power ratio underpinning heterosexuality. The paradoxes of the beastly bride and the hunter hunted are coupled; the slippage of inversion allows a loosening of gender roles. The female body of the loathly lady incorporates anxiety and desire inherent in competition, with the union of opposites providing redemptive closure. I then show how Spenser makes an opposite use of the same motif. Duessa, his loathly lady, is sternly disempowered, her active sexuality is punished, her adept performance of the role of romance lady is disavowed. The trial and execution of her is used to urge Elizabeth toward harsher treatment of the Irish. Spenser addresses the issues which the medieval loathly lady configures, but his different inflexion measures his assessment of these. Yet like the medieval models, where the loathly lady is a king-maker like the Irish bard, and where Chaucer's and Gower's hags reflect authorial intention, Duessa, too, provides a paradigm of Spenser's performance. Her multiplicity mirrors his poetic strategy, while her energy is displaced onto Mutability and reconciled by Nature, in alignment with the happy endings of the medieval tales.
Chaucer S Wife Of Bath S Prologue And Tale
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Author : Geoffrey Chaucer
language : en
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Release Date : 1998-01-01
Chaucer S Wife Of Bath S Prologue And Tale written by Geoffrey Chaucer and has been published by University of Toronto Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998-01-01 with Literary Criticism categories.
The Chaucer Bibliography series aims to provide annotated bibliographies for all of Chaucer's work. This book summarizes 20th-century commentaries on Chaucer's "Wife of Bath's Prologue" and "Tale."
The Liminality Of Fairies
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Author : Piotr Spyra
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2020-05-13
The Liminality Of Fairies written by Piotr Spyra and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-05-13 with Literary Criticism categories.
Examining the fairies of medieval romance as liminal beings, this book draws on anthropological and philosophical studies of liminality to combine folkloristic insights into the nature of fairies with close readings of selected romance texts. Tracing different meanings and manifestations of liminality in Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Sir Orfeo, Sir Launfal, Thomas of Erceldoune and Robert Henryson’s Orpheus and Eurydice, the volume offers a comprehensive theory of liminality rooted in structuralist anthropology and poststructuralist theory. Arguing that romance fairies both embody and represent the liminal, The Liminality of Fairies posits and answers fundamental theoretical questions about the limits of representation and the relationship between romance hermeneutics and criticism. The interdisciplinary nature of the argument will appeal not just to medievalists and literary critics but also to anthropologists, folklorists as well as scholars working within the fields of cultural history and contemporary literary theory.
Thomas Of Erceldoune
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Author : Ingeborg Nixon
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1980
Thomas Of Erceldoune written by Ingeborg Nixon and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1980 with Prophecies categories.