Wales and the medieval colonial imagination : the matters of Britain in the twelfth century /

Focusing on works by some of the major literary figures of the period, Michael A. Faletra argues that the legendary history of Britain that flourished in medieval chronicles and Arthurian romances traces its origins to twelfth-century Anglo-Norman colonial interest in Wales and the Welsh. Viewing th...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Faletra, Michael A. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York, N.Y. : Palgrave Macmillan, 2014.
Colección:New Middle Ages.
Temas:
To 1500
English literature > Middle English, 1100-1500 > History and criticism.
Politics and literature > England > History > To 1500.
Colonies in literature.
Welsh literature > 1100-1400 > History and criticism.
Arthurian romances > History and criticism.
Littérature anglaise > 1100-1500 (Moyen anglais) > Histoire et critique.
Colonies dans la littérature.
Littérature galloise > 1100-1400 > Histoire et critique.
Cycle d'Arthur > Histoire et critique.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Literary.
Arthurian romances
Colonies in literature
English literature > Middle English
International relations
Literature
Politics and literature
Welsh literature
Wales > In literature.
England > Relations > Wales.
Wales > Relations > England.
Pays de Galles > Dans la littérature.
Angleterre > Relations > Pays de Galles.
Pays de Galles > Relations > Angleterre.
England
Wales
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Geoffrey of Monmouth and the Matter of Wales
  • Fairies at the Bottom of the Garden: Courtly Britain and Its Others
  • Chrétien de Troyes, Wales, and the Matiere of Britain
  • Crooked Greeks: Hybridity, History, and Gerald of Wales
  • Epilogue: The Birds of Rhiannon.

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