Malorys Contemporary Audience

Author : Thomas Crofts
Publisher : DS Brewer
ISBN 13 : 9781843840855
Total Pages : 202 pages
Book Rating : 4.55/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Malory's Contemporary Audience written by Thomas Crofts and published by DS Brewer. This book was released on 2006 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This book seeks to place Malory's Morte Darthur more firmly in its cultural and historical context. Its composition, in the mid to late fifteenth century, took place at a time of great upheaval for England, a period beginning with the loss of Bordeaux (and the Hundred Years War) and ending with the rise of Richard III. During this time the Morte was translated from numerous French sources, copied by scribes, and, finally, in July 1485, printed by William Caxton. The author argues that in this unique production history are reflected the ideological crises which loomed so massively over England's ruling class in the fifteenth century; and that the book is in fact inseparable from these crises."--BOOK JACKET.

Author : Larissa Tracy
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004211551
Total Pages : 387 pages
Book Rating : 4.51/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Heads Will Roll written by Larissa Tracy and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2012-01-20 with total page 387 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Capitalizing upon the enduring fascination with decapitation in European culture, this collection examines--through a variety of critical lenses--the recurring "roles/rolls" of severed human heads in the medieval and early modern imagination.

Author : P. Phillips
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1137428686
Total Pages : 246 pages
Book Rating : 4.84/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Prison Narratives from Boethius to Zana written by P. Phillips and published by Springer. This book was released on 2014-07-24 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Prison Narratives from Boethius to Zana critically examines selected works of writers, from the sixth century to the twenty-first century, who were imprisoned for their beliefs. Chapters explore figures' lives, provide close analyses of their works, and offer contextualization of their prison writings.

Author : Megan G. Leitch
Publisher : Boydell & Brewer
ISBN 13 : 1843845237
Total Pages : 346 pages
Book Rating : 4.32/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A New Companion to Malory written by Megan G. Leitch and published by Boydell & Brewer. This book was released on 2019 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comprehensive survey of one of the most important texts of the Middle Ages.

Author : Paul Rovang
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1611477794
Total Pages : 225 pages
Book Rating : 4.95/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Malory's Anatomy of Chivalry written by Paul Rovang and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2014-11-05 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is the first systematic study in decades of Malory’s development of his characters in the Morte Darthur. Focusing on sixteen key figures in the most important medieval English treatment of the Arthurian saga, it examines Malory’s thematic characterization of individual rulers, knights, and ladies in keeping with the twin trajectories of his history of the Round Table and fifteenth-century English history. Looking at how Malory develops his characters as exemplars of kingship, knighthood, and womanhood, the book traces the medieval author’s exploration of the values constituting chivalry as embodied in individual characters, a process that enabled him to formulate a vision of those values for his own troubled period of the Wars of the Roses. This book further explores the contribution Malory’s art of characterization makes to the literary and aesthetic power of the Morte Darthur. Each chapter’s focus on individual characters makes the book not only an integrated thematic overview, but also a useful reference for focused study of particular Arthurian figures. As such, the book is designed to meet the interests and needs of both professional scholars and students of Arthurian and medieval literature.

Author : R. Lexton
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1137353627
Total Pages : 414 pages
Book Rating : 4.27/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Contested Language in Malory's Morte Darthur written by R. Lexton and published by Springer. This book was released on 2014-06-18 with total page 414 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examining Malory's political language, this study offers a revisionary view of Arthur's kingship in the Morte Darthur and the role of the Round Table fellowship. Considering a range of historical and political sources, Lexton suggests that Malory used a specific lexicon to engage with contemporary problems of kingship and rule.

Author : Gail Ashton
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1441102825
Total Pages : 368 pages
Book Rating : 4.29/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Medieval Afterlives in Contemporary Culture written by Gail Ashton and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2015-03-12 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With contributions from 29 leading international scholars, this is the first single-volume guide to the appropriation of medieval texts in contemporary culture. Medieval Afterlives in Contemporary Culture covers a comprehensive range of media, including literature, film, TV, comics book adaptations, electronic media, performances, and commercial merchandise and tourism. Its lively chapters range from Spamalot to the RSC, Beowulf to Merlin, computer games to internet memes, opera to Young Adult fiction and contemporary poetry, and much more. Also included is a companion website aimed at general readers, academics, and students interested in the burgeoning field of Medieval afterlives, complete with: - Further reading/weblinks - 'My favourite' guides to contemporary medieval appropriations - Images and interviews - Guide to library archives and manuscript collections - Guide to heritage collection See also our website at https://medievalafterlives.wordpress.com/.

Author : Ralph C. Norris
Publisher : DS Brewer
ISBN 13 : 9781843841548
Total Pages : 206 pages
Book Rating : 4.41/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Malory's Library written by Ralph C. Norris and published by DS Brewer. This book was released on 2008 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New study of Malory's sources reveals much about how the work was created and about Malory himself.

Author : Kevin Sean Whetter
Publisher : Boydell & Brewer
ISBN 13 : 1843844532
Total Pages : 278 pages
Book Rating : 4.32/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Manuscript and Meaning of Malory's Morte Darthur written by Kevin Sean Whetter and published by Boydell & Brewer. This book was released on 2017 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An examination of the rubricated letters in the Morte makes a convincing case for the design being by Malory himself.

Author : Miriam Edlich-Muth
Publisher : Boydell & Brewer Ltd
ISBN 13 : 1843843676
Total Pages : 202 pages
Book Rating : 4.72/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Malory and His European Contemporaries written by Miriam Edlich-Muth and published by Boydell & Brewer Ltd. This book was released on 2014 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A reconsideration of Arthurian compilations in the late middle ages, looking at the complex ways in which they reshape their material for new audiences.