Literary Landscapes and the Idea of England, 700-1400 - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Literary Landscapes and the Idea of England, 700-1400 write by Catherine A. M. Clarke. This book was released on 2006. Literary Landscapes and the Idea of England, 700-1400 available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Pastoral and locus amoenus traditions in Medieval English literature, and the early mythologisation of English landscape, space and identity through pastoral topoi. In its exploration of literary representations of ideal landscapes and the production of English identity across Latin and vernacular texts from Bede to Chaucer, this study looks in particular at pastoral and locus amoenustraditions in Medieval English literature, and the early mythologisation of English landscape, space and identity through pastoral topoi. From Bede's Ecclesiastical History and its seminal interpretation of Britain as thedelightful island, the study moves through representations of landscape in Old English poetry to the exploitation of the symbolic potential of their local landscapes by regional monastic houses in twelfth- and thirteenth-century texts and pastoral conventions, performances and the idea of the city in the fourteenth century. Introductory and concluding sections form bridges to current scholarship on representations of Englishness through pastoral topoi in the Early Modern period. Catherine A.M. Clarke is Professor of English, University of Southampton.
A Social History of England, 900–1200
A Social History of England, 900–1200 - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook A Social History of England, 900–1200 write by Julia Crick. This book was released on 2011-04-21. A Social History of England, 900–1200 available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The years between 900 and 1200 saw transformative social change in Europe, including the creation of extensive town-dwelling populations and the proliferation of feudalised elites and bureaucratic monarchies. In England these developments were complicated and accelerated by repeated episodes of invasion, migration and changes of regime. In this book, scholars from disciplines including history, archaeology and literature reflect on the major trends which shaped English society in these years of transition and select key themes which encapsulate the period. The authors explore the landscape of England, its mineral wealth, its towns and rural life, the health, behaviour and obligations of its inhabitants, patterns of spiritual and intellectual life and the polyglot nature of its population and culture. What emerges is an insight into the complexity, diversity and richness of this formative period of English history.
British Outlaws of Literature and History
British Outlaws of Literature and History - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook British Outlaws of Literature and History write by Alexander L. Kaufman. This book was released on 2014-01-10. British Outlaws of Literature and History available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The medieval outlaws of Britain maintain a hold on the present-day imagination, judging by their presence in literature and on film. Exploring the nature of both historical and fictional outlaws, these twelve critical essays survey the literary, historical, and cultural environments that produced them, namely the medieval and early modern periods. Divided into three parts, the text examines the historical records of real outlawed men and women and the representation of Jews in medieval Britain as possible outlaws, outlaws associated specifically with Wales, and the popular figure of Robin Hood and the context of the late medieval poems and plays that feature him as a prominent figure.
The Sea and Englishness in the Middle Ages
The Sea and Englishness in the Middle Ages - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Sea and Englishness in the Middle Ages write by Sebastian I. Sobecki. This book was released on 2011. The Sea and Englishness in the Middle Ages available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Focuses on the literary origins of insular identity from local communities to the entire archipelago.
A Handbook of Middle English Studies
A Handbook of Middle English Studies - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook A Handbook of Middle English Studies write by Marion Turner. This book was released on 2013-01-30. A Handbook of Middle English Studies available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. A Handbook of Middle English Studies “This sharp-minded, coherent set of essays both maps and liberates: not only does it map the intellectual territory of contemporary cultural debate; it also liberates the extraordinary texts of later medieval England to move across that contemporary cultural terrain.” James Simpson, Harvard University “Marion Turner has skilfully choreographed an exciting ensemble of fresh accounts of the English Middle Ages. We see the period in a new light that shows with compassion and imagination, as well as thoughtful scholarship, how the literature of the past speaks to contemporary preoccupations.” Ardis Butterfield, Yale University “Strikingly original: theory-literate and materially-grounded ways of reading Middle English texts.” David Wallace, University of Pennsylvania A Handbook of Middle English Studies presents twenty-six original and accessible essays by leading scholars, analyzing the relationship between critical theory and late-medieval literature. The collection offers a range of entry points into the rich field of medieval literary studies, exploring subjects including the depiction of the self and the mind, the literature of conquest, ideas of beauty and aesthetics, and the relationship between place and literature. Topics that have long been central to the field, such as authorship, gender, and race, feature alongside areas only recently coming under critical scrutiny, such as globalization, the environment, and animality. Collectively, the essays demonstrate that the manuscript culture of late medieval literature raises key theoretical issues concerning the relationship between authors, texts, and readers. A Handbook of Middle English Studies models diverse approaches to medieval texts and stakes a claim in debates about topics ranging from class to the canon, from imagination to nationhood, from sexuality to the public sphere.
