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.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary: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 of Cleopatra and Dido from the Legend of Good Women; details in the Squire's Tale; and aspects of orientalism in the Middle English 'Floris and Blauncheflur' and 'Le Bone Florence of Rome', the latter related to analogous oriental tales about heroic women who remain steadfast in virtue.
Physical Description:1 online resource (x, 160 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 143-155) and index.
ISBN:1846151317
9781846151316
ISSN:1479-9308

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