Looking at literature from Medieval Britain and Ireland, including Anglo-Latin and Anglo-Norman poetry, prose and drama, this Very Short Introduction covers the earliest beginnings of print culture, and considers major themes of these works, such as sin and salvation, kingship and authority, myth and the monstrous.
Looking at literature from Medieval Britain and Ireland, including Anglo-Latin and Anglo-Norman poetry, prose and drama, this Very Short Introduction covers the earliest beginnings of print culture, and considers major themes of these works, such as sin and salvation, kingship and authority, myth and the monstrous.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Elaine Treharne is Professor of English at Stanford University and Visiting Professor of Medieval Literature at the University of Leicester. She is the author or editor of more than two-dozen books and fifty articles, focusing principally on Old and Middle English Literature and Medieval manuscripts. Her current research projects concern the materiality of text and the importance of the senses in understanding early poetry and prose in its physical and cultural contexts. She is a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries and of the Royal Historical Society, a Trustee of the English Association, and a General Editor of Oxford Textual Perspectives, and Essays and Studies.
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1: Endings and Beginnings 2: Recording Culture, c. 450-1450 3: Textual Production and Reception 4: Literary Audiences, Literary Identities 5: Individual and Community 6: The Mighty and the Monstrous 7: Love and Longing 8: Death and Judgement 9: Patronage and Ownership 10: Coda: Reimagining the Medieval Timeline Terms and genres Further reading Index
1: Endings and Beginnings 2: Recording Culture, c. 450-1450 3: Textual Production and Reception 4: Literary Audiences, Literary Identities 5: Individual and Community 6: The Mighty and the Monstrous 7: Love and Longing 8: Death and Judgement 9: Patronage and Ownership 10: Coda: Reimagining the Medieval Timeline Terms and genres Further reading Index
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