Writing war : medieval literary responses to warfare /

War is a powerful and enduring literary topos, a repeated theme in both secular and religious literary genres of the middle ages. The idea and practice of war is central to some of the most dominant subject matters in the medieval period - as well as to chivalry, to religion, to ideas of nationhood,...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Saunders, Corinne J., 1963-, Le Saux, Françoise H. M. (Françoise Hazel Marie), 1957-, Thomas, Neil, 1949-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge ; Rochester, N.Y. : D.S. Brewer, 2004.
Temas:
500-1500
Literature, Medieval > History and criticism.
War in literature.
Military art and science > Europe > History > Medieval, 500-1500.
Littérature médiévale > Histoire et critique.
Guerre dans la littérature.
Art et science militaires > Europe > Histoire > 500-1500 (Moyen Âge)
TRAVEL > Special Interest > Literary.
LITERARY CRITICISM > General.
HISTORY > Medieval.
Literature, Medieval
Military art and science > Medieval
War in literature
Geschichtsschreibung
Literatur
Krieg > Motiv
Krieg
Oorlogvoering.
Letterkunde.
Europe
Europa
Durham <2001>
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:War is a powerful and enduring literary topos, a repeated theme in both secular and religious literary genres of the middle ages. The idea and practice of war is central to some of the most dominant subject matters in the medieval period - as well as to chivalry, to religion, to ideas of nationhood, to concepts of gender, the body and the psyche. This book considers the variety of responses to warfare and combat in medieval literature, beginning with a consideration of ideal military practice and the reception of Vegetius, contrasted with Christine de Pisan's treatise on warfare. The collection then turns to chronicling war, particularly in France, Germany and Scotland, and also covers the fictions of war, as presented in English Arthurian narratives, Chaucer, Malory, and pastoral poetry. It concludes with an examination of attitudes to women in warfare. Contributors: MARIANNE AILES, CHRISTOPHER ALLMAND, GEORGES LE BRUSQUE, HELEN COOPER, HARRY JACKSON, ANDREW LYNCH, SIMON MEECHAM-JONES, CORINNE SAUNDERS, FRANCOISE LE SAUX, THEA SUMMERFIELD, NEIL E. THOMAS, KEVIN S. WHETTER. CORINNE SAUNDERS and NEIL THOMAS are in the department of English Studies, University of Durham; FRANCOISE LE SAUX is in the department of French at the University of Reading.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (ix, 235 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781846152191
1846152194
1281949094
9781281949097
9786611949099
6611949097

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