Imagining the pagan in late Medieval England /

"Late medieval English culture was fascinated by the figure of the pagan, the ancestor whose religious difference must be negotiated, and by the pagan's idol, an animate artefact. In romances, histories and hagiographies medieval Christians told the story of the pagans, focussing on the ab...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Salih, Sarah, 1967- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge : D.S. Brewer, [2019]
Temas:
1100-1500
English literature > Middle English, 1100-1500 > History and criticism.
Paganism in literature.
Littérature anglaise > 1100-1500 (Moyen anglais) > Histoire et critique.
Paganisme dans la littérature.
LITERARY CRITICISM > Medieval.
English literature > Middle English.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Literary criticism.
Critiques littéraires.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • Origins : building cities, making idols
  • Encounters : the city converted, the fallen idols
  • The present : traces, recurrences, survivals
  • Coda : the future

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