Magic and the Supernatural in Medieval English Romance - 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 Magic and the Supernatural in Medieval English Romance write by Corinne J. Saunders. This book was released on 2010. Magic and the Supernatural in Medieval English Romance available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. "This study looks at a wide range of medieval Englisih romance texts, including the works of Chaucer and Malory, from a broad cultural perspective, to show that while they employ magic in order to create exotic, escapist worlds, they are also grounded in a sense of possibility, and reflect a complex web of inherited and current ideas." --Book Jacket.
Christianity and Romance in Medieval England
Christianity and Romance in Medieval England - 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 Christianity and Romance in Medieval England write by Rosalind Field. This book was released on 2010. Christianity and Romance in Medieval England available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The essays collected here show how the romances of medieval England engaged with contemporary Christian culture, and demonstrate the importance of reading them with an awareness of that culture.
Nine Medieval Romances of Magic
Nine Medieval Romances of Magic - 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 Nine Medieval Romances of Magic write by Marijane Osborn. This book was released on 2010-03-05. Nine Medieval Romances of Magic available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. In this book, Marijane Osborn translates into modern English nine lively medieval verse romances, in a form that both reflects the original and makes the romances inviting to a modern audience. All nine tales contain elements of magic: shapeshifters, powerful fairies, trees that are portals to another world, and enchanted clothing and armor. Many of the tales also feature powerful women characters, while others include representations of “Saracens.” The tales address issues of enduring interest and concern, and also address sexuality, agency, and identity formation in unexpected ways.
Middle English Marvels
Middle English Marvels - 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 Middle English Marvels write by Tara Williams. This book was released on 2018-03-14. Middle English Marvels available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This multidisciplinary volume illustrates how representations of magic in fourteenth-century romances link the supernatural, spectacle, and morality in distinctive ways. Supernatural marvels represented in vivid visual detail are foundational to the characteristic Middle English genres of romance and hagiography. In Middle English Marvels, Tara Williams explores the didactic and affective potential of secular representations of magic and shows how fourteenth-century English writers tested the limits of that potential. Drawing on works by Augustine, Gervase of Tilbury, Chaucer, and the anonymous poets of Sir Orfeo and Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, among others, Williams examines how such marvels might convey moral messages within and beyond the narrative. She analyzes examples from both highly canonical and more esoteric texts and examines marvels that involve magic and transformation, invoke visual spectacle, and invite moral reflection on how one should relate to others. Within this shared framework, Williams finds distinct concerns—chivalry, identity, agency, and language—that intersect with the marvelous in significant ways. Integrating literary and historical approaches to the study of magic, this volume convincingly shows how certain fourteenth-century texts eschewed the predominant trends and developed a new theory of the marvelous. Williams’s engaging, erudite study will be of special interest to scholars of the occult, the medieval and early modern eras, and literature.
Medieval Romance, Arthurian Literature
Medieval Romance, Arthurian Literature - 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 Medieval Romance, Arthurian Literature write by Venetia Bridges. This book was released on 2021. Medieval Romance, Arthurian Literature available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Essays; medieval romance; Arthurian Iiterature; Elizabeth Archibald.
