Charles Russell Stone

The Roman de toute chevalerie

Reading Alexander Romance in Late Medieval England

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Produktbeschreibung

As the first study of the manuscripts and readership of the earliest surviving romance of Alexander the Great in England, this book discusses each codex and its unique text informed by current attitudes towards Alexander and examines his reception as a model of imperial authority or failure.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Toronto Press
• Seitenzahl: 272
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. März 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 163mm x 239mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 578g
• ISBN-13: 9781487501891
• ISBN-10: 1487501897
• Artikelnr.: 52417335

Autorenporträt

By Charles Russell Stone

Inhaltsangabe

List of Illustrations
Acknowledgments
Introduction: Reading and Reconstructing the Anglo-Norman Alexander
1 Alexander Romance in Twelfth-Century Europe
2 Alexander in Anglo-Norman England: The Latin Texts
3 The Roman de toute chevalerie: Sources, Influences, and Innovations
4 The Two Deaths of Alexander in Cambridge, Trinity College MS O. 9. 34
5 Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale MS 24364: Alexander, Chivalry, nd the Wars
of Edward I
6 Moralizing Alexander in Durham Cathedral Library MS C.IV.27B
7 From Anglo-Norman to Middle English Alexander Romance
Afterword: The Advent of the Continental Alexander
Notes
Works Cited
Index