Middle English marvels : magic, spectacle, and morality in the fourteenth century /

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"A multidisciplinary interpretation of representations of magic in fourteenth-century romances, and how these texts link magic, spectacle, and morality in distinctive ways. By representing supernatural marvels in vivid visual detail, these texts encourage reactions of wonder that have moral eff...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Williams, Tara, 1975- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: University Park, Pennsylvania : The Pennsylvania State University Press, [2018]
Subjects:
Romances, English > History and criticism.
Magic in literature.
Marvelous, The, in literature.
Literature and morals.
Roman courtois anglais > Histoire et critique.
Magie dans la littérature.
Merveilleux dans la littérature.
Littérature et morale.
POETRY > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
LITERARY CRITICISM / Medieval
Literature and morals
Magic in literature
Marvelous, The, in literature
Romances, English
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : why marvels matter
  • Mirroring otherworlds : fairy magic, wonder, and morality
  • Revealing spectacles : virtue and identity in fair unknowns
  • Moving marvels : action and agency in courtly spectacles
  • Talking magic : chaucer's spectacles of language
  • Conclusion : how marvels matter.

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