The Orient in Chaucer and medieval romance /

The Orient is a major motif in Chaucer and medieval romance and this study reveals much about its use and significance, offering fresh readings of a number of texts. These include the legend of Constance, where the mercantile details of the eastern Mediterranean reinforce the setting; the portraits...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Heffernan, Carol Falvo
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Woodbridge, Suffolk ; Rochester, NY : D.S. Brewer, 2003.
Series:Studies in medieval romance.
Subjects:
Chaucer, Geoffrey, > -1400 > Knowledge > Orient.
Chaucer, Geoffrey, > -1400.
English literature > Asian influences.
Romances > History and criticism.
Orientalism in literature.
Roman courtois > Histoire et critique.
POETRY > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
HISTORY > Medieval.
Literature.
Romances.
Middle East > In literature.
Orient > In literature.
Orient > Dans la littérature.
Asia > Orient.
Middle East.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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