A Companion to the Gawain-poet

A Companion to the Gawain-poet
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Publisher : Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Total Pages : 460
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ISBN-10 : 085991433X
ISBN-13 : 9780859914338
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Book Synopsis A Companion to the Gawain-poet by : Derek Brewer

Download or read book A Companion to the Gawain-poet written by Derek Brewer and published by Boydell & Brewer Ltd. This book was released on 1997 with total page 460 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It ends with a discussion of the reception of the Morte Darthur from the sixteenth to the twentieth centuries, and a select bibliography.

The Cambridge Companion to Medieval English Literature 1100-1500

The Cambridge Companion to Medieval English Literature 1100-1500
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Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Total Pages : 315
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ISBN-10 : 9780521841672
ISBN-13 : 0521841674
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Book Synopsis The Cambridge Companion to Medieval English Literature 1100-1500 by : Larry Scanlon

Download or read book The Cambridge Companion to Medieval English Literature 1100-1500 written by Larry Scanlon and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2009-06-18 with total page 315 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A wide-ranging survey of the most important medieval authors and genres, designed for students of English.

Seeing the Gawain-Poet

Seeing the Gawain-Poet
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Publisher : University of Pennsylvania Press
Total Pages : 172
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ISBN-10 : 9781512808285
ISBN-13 : 1512808288
Rating : 4/5 (85 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Seeing the Gawain-Poet by : Sarah Stanbury

Download or read book Seeing the Gawain-Poet written by Sarah Stanbury and published by University of Pennsylvania Press. This book was released on 2016-11-11 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Offers the full-length study of the descriptive art found in four medieval poems: Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Pearl, Purity, and Patience.

The Poems of the Pearl Manuscript

The Poems of the Pearl Manuscript
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Publisher : Univ of California Press
Total Pages : 386
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ISBN-10 : 0520046315
ISBN-13 : 9780520046313
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Book Synopsis The Poems of the Pearl Manuscript by : Malcolm Andrew

Download or read book The Poems of the Pearl Manuscript written by Malcolm Andrew and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 1982 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This third edition of The Poems of the Pearl Manuscript has been newly revised and updated, taking account of some of the more important textual and interpretative notes and articles published on the poems since the appearance of the first edition in 1978.

New Directions in Arthurian Studies

New Directions in Arthurian Studies
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Publisher : Boydell & Brewer
Total Pages : 182
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ISBN-10 : 9780859916424
ISBN-13 : 0859916421
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Book Synopsis New Directions in Arthurian Studies by : Alan Lupack

Download or read book New Directions in Arthurian Studies written by Alan Lupack and published by Boydell & Brewer. This book was released on 2002 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Eleven essays bring Arthurian studies into the 21st century, including film and black popular culture. Eleven essays by leading Arthurians lead off with an overview of the field suggesting directions that Arthurian studies must take to remain vital. Other essays contain innovative approaches, overviews of specific areas of Arthurian studies, and suggestions for new ways to approach Arthurian material; they range over Malory, Latin Arthurian literature, Gawain and the Green Knight, Merlin in the twenty-first century, Tennyson's Idylls, Arthur in African-American culture, current trends in criticism, Arthurian fiction, and Arthurian film. Contributors: ROBERT BLANCH, DEREK BREWER, P.J.C. FIELD, SIAN ECHARD, PETER GOODRICH, KEVIN HARTY, NORRIS J. LACY, BARBARATEPA LUPACK, DAVID STAINES, RAYMOND THOMPSON, JULIAN WASSERMAN, BONNIE WHEELER.

A Companion to Medieval Poetry

A Companion to Medieval Poetry
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Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages : 704
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ISBN-10 : 1444319108
ISBN-13 : 9781444319101
Rating : 4/5 (08 Downloads)

Book Synopsis A Companion to Medieval Poetry by : Corinne Saunders

Download or read book A Companion to Medieval Poetry written by Corinne Saunders and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2010-02-12 with total page 704 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Companion to Medieval Poetry presents a series oforiginal essays from leading literary scholars that explore Englishpoetry from the Anglo-Saxon period up to the15th century. Organised into three parts to echo the chronological andstylistic divisions between the Anglo-Saxon, Middle English andPost-Chaucerian periods, each section is introduced with contextualessays, providing a valuable introduction to the society andculture of the time Combines a general discussion of genres of medieval poetry,with specific consideration of texts and authors, includingBeowulf, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Chaucer,Gower and Langland Features original essays by eminent scholars, including AndyOrchard, Carl Schmidt, Douglas Gray, and BarryWindeatt, who present a range of theoretical,historical, and cultural approaches to reading medieval poetry, aswell as offering close analysis of individual texts andtraditions

Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (A New Verse Translation)

Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (A New Verse Translation)
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Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
Total Pages : 201
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ISBN-10 : 9780393334159
ISBN-13 : 0393334155
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Download or read book Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (A New Verse Translation) written by and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2008-11-17 with total page 201 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of the earliest great stories of English literature after ?Beowulf?, ?Sir Gawain? is the strange tale of a green knight on a green horse, who rudely interrupts King Arthur's Round Table festivities one Yuletide, challenging the knights to a wager. Simon Armitrage, one of Britain's leading poets, has produced an inventive and groundbreaking translation that " helps] liberate ?Gawain ?from academia" (?Sunday Telegraph?).