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Living Death in Medieval French and English Literature.

Explores medieval and modern treatments of the edgy topic of 'living death' - the dead-in-life and the living dead.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:	Libro Electrónico
Autor principal:	Gilbert, Jane
Formato:	Electrónico eBook
Idioma:	Inglés
Publicado:	Leiden : Cambridge University Press, 2011.
Colección:	Cambridge Studies in Medieval Literature, 84.
Temas:	To 1500 English literature > Middle English, 1100-1500 > History and criticism. French literature > To 1500 > History and criticism. Death in literature. Dead in literature. Death > Political aspects. Death > Moral and ethical aspects. Existentialism in literature. Ethics in literature. Littérature anglaise > 1100-1500 (Moyen anglais) > Histoire et critique. Littérature française > Jusqu'à 1500 > Histoire et critique. Mort dans la littérature. Morts dans la littérature. Mort > Aspect politique. Mort > Aspect moral. Existentialisme dans la littérature. Morale dans la littérature. Dead in literature Death in literature Death > Moral and ethical aspects Death > Political aspects English literature > Middle English Ethics in literature Existentialism in literature French literature Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Acceso en línea:	Texto completo

Tabla de Contenidos:

Cover; Half-title; Series-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Note on translations; Introduction: living death; Chapter 1 Roland and the second death; Chapter 2 The knight as Thing: courtly love in the non-cyclic prose Lancelot; Chapter 3 The ubi sunt topos in Middle French: sad stories of the death of kings; Chapter 4 Ceci n'est pas une marguerite: anamorphosis in Pearl; Chapter 5 Becoming woman in Chaucer: on ne naît pas femme, on le devient en mourant; Conclusion: living dead or dead-in-life?; Notes; Bibliography; Index.

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