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Magic and the supernatural in medieval English romance /
"This study looks at a wide range of medieval English romance texts, including the works of Chaucer and Malory, from a broad cultural perspective, to show that while they employ magic in order to create exotic, escapist worlds, they are also grounded in a sense of possibility, and reflect a com...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Woodbridge, Suffolk, UK ; Rochester, NY :
D.S. Brewer,
2010.
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| Colección: | Studies in medieval romance ;
v. 13. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Classical and Biblical precedents
- The Middle Ages: prohibitions, folk practices and learned magic
- White magic: natural arts and marvellous technology
- Black magic: the practice of 'nigromancy'
- Otherworld enchantments and faery realms
- Christian marvel and demonic intervention
- Malory's Morte Darthur
- Epilogue: towards the Renaissance.