Romance and Its Contexts in Fifteenth-century England

Released on by Raluca L. Radulescu
preview-18

  • Romance and Its Contexts in Fifteenth-century England Book Detail

  • Author : Raluca L. Radulescu
  • Release Date : 2013
  • Publisher : Boydell & Brewer Ltd
  • Genre : Literary Criticism
  • Pages : 254
  • ISBN 13 : 1782041753
  • File Size : 20,20 MB
DOWNLOAD BOOK

Romance and Its Contexts in Fifteenth-century England by Raluca L. Radulescu PDF Summary

Book Description: Although the anonymous pious Middle English romances and Sir Thomas Malory's 'Morte Darthur' have rarely been studied in relation to each other, they in fact share at least two thematic concerns, vocabularies of suffering and genealogical concerns, as this book demonstrates. By examining a broad cultural and political framework stretching from Richard II's deposition to the end of the Wars of the Roses through the prism of piety, politics and penitence, the author draws attention to the specific circumstances in which Sir Isumbras, Sir Gowther, Roberd of Cisely, Henry Lovelich's 'History of the Holy Grail' and Malory's 'Morte' were read in fifteenth-century England. In the case of the pious romances this implies a study of their reception long after their original composition or translation centuries earlier; in Lovelich's case, an examination of metropolitan culture leads to an opening of the discussion to French romance models as well as English chronicle writing.

Disclaimer: www.yourbookbest.com does not own Romance and Its Contexts in Fifteenth-century England books pdf, neither created or scanned. We just provide the link that is already available on the internet, public domain and in Google Drive. If any way it violates the law or has any issues, then kindly mail us via contact us page to request the removal of the link.

Medieval Romance, Medieval Contexts

Medieval Romance, Medieval Contexts

File Size : 2,2 MB
Total View : 3653 Views
DOWNLOAD

The popular genre of medieval romance explored in its physical, geographical, and literary contexts. The essays in this volume take a representative selection o

Royal Witches

Royal Witches

File Size : 32,32 MB
Total View : 1627 Views
DOWNLOAD

'An important and timely book.' - Philippa Gregory Joan of Navarre was the richest woman in the land, at a time when war-torn England was penniless. Eleanor Cob

A Companion to Medieval Popular Romance

A Companion to Medieval Popular Romance

File Size : 9,9 MB
Total View : 292 Views
DOWNLOAD

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