Romance and its contexts in fifteenth-century England : politics, piety and penitence /

Examination of romance texts from late medieval England, linking them firmly to their political and social context.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Radulescu, Raluca L., 1974- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Woodbridge, Suffolk : D.S. Brewer, 2013.
Temas:
Malory, Thomas, > Sir, > active 15th century.
To 1500
Romances > History and criticism.
Romances, English > History and criticism.
Literature and society > England > History > To 1500.
Arthurian romances > History and criticism.
Roman courtois > Histoire et critique.
Roman courtois anglais > Histoire et critique.
Cycle d'Arthur > Histoire et critique.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
LITERARY CRITICISM > Medieval.
Arthurian romances.
Literature and society.
Manners and customs.
Romances.
Romances, English.
England > Social life and customs > 1066-1485.
Angleterre > Mœurs et coutumes > 1066-1485.
England.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontcover; Contents; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Preface; 1 Fifteenth-Century Contexts for the Reading of Middle English Romances; Kings and rulers, suffering and penitence: shaping vocabularies of political debate; Middle English romances and their manuscript 'homes': corpus, challenges, choices; 2 Spiritual Journeys through Political Realities: the 'Pious' Romances; Robert of Sicily: the king's penitence; Sir Gowther: broken lineages; Sir Isumbras: women, male suffering and the lineage; 3 Chronicling Britain's Christian Conversion: Henry Lovelich's History of the Holy Grail
  • Lovelich and the Arthurian legendChronicling God's victories in the secular world; The king's suffering; Women, suffering and the preservation of the lineage; 4 The Politics of Salvation in Thomas Malory's Le Morte Darthur; Balin's legacy; Lineages through swords; Lancelot, the suffering penitent; Lancelot's healing of the fellowship; Lancelot's final penitence; Afterword; Appendix 1 Plot Summaries; King Robert of Sicily; Sir Gowther; Sir Isumbras; Henry Lovelich, History of the Holy Grail; Appendix 2 Genealogies; Bibliography; Index; Backcover

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