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Essays in Medieval Culture /

Bringing together a collection of this distinguished medievalist's most important and controversial work, heretofore scattered and frequently inaccessible, this book constitutes both an appropriate introduction for students new to medieval studies and a convenient compendium for scholars establ...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Robertson, Durant Waite (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, [2014]
Edición:Course Book
Colección:Princeton Legacy Library ; 569
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • List of Abbreviations
  • Author's Introduction
  • I
  • Historical Criticism
  • The Doctrine of Charity in Medieval Literary Gardens: A Topical Approach Through Symbolism and Allegory
  • Some Medieval Literary Terminology, with Special Reference to Chrétien de Troyes
  • Some Observations on Method in Literary Studies
  • The Allegorist and the Aesthetician
  • II
  • Certain Theological Conventions in Mannyng's Treatment of the Commandments
  • Frequency of Preaching in Thirteenth Century England
  • III
  • Two Poems from the Carmina Burana
  • Five Poems by Marcabru
  • The Partitura Amorosa of Jean de Savoie
  • Chrétien's Cligés and the Ovidian Spirit
  • The Idea of Fame in Chretien's Cligés
  • Love Conventions in Marie's Equitan
  • IV
  • The Pearl as Symbol
  • The "Heresy" of The Pearl
  • The Question of Typology and the Wakefield Mactacio Abel
  • V
  • The Historical Setting of Chaucer's Book of the Duchess
  • The Concept of Courtly Love as an Impediment to the Understanding of Medieval Texts
  • Chaucer's Franklin and his Tale
  • Some Disputed Chaucerian Terminology
  • VI
  • In Foraminibus Petrae: A Note on Leonardo's "Virgin of the Rocks"
  • Sidney's Metaphor of the Ulcer
  • A Medievalist Looks at Hamlet
  • Pope and Boethius
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index