Author : Guillaume de Palerme
Publisher :
Page : 392 pages
File Size : 28,23 MB
Release : 1867
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Author : Walter William Skeat
Publisher :
Page : 388 pages
File Size : 24,28 MB
Release : 1867
Category : William of Palerne (Legendary character)
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Author : Walter William Skeat
Publisher :
Page : 388 pages
File Size : 12,12 MB
Release : 1981
Category : William of Palerne (Legendary character)
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Author : Walter William Skeat
Publisher :
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 39,79 MB
Release : 1890
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Author : Michael Smith
Publisher : Unbound Publishing
Page : 243 pages
File Size : 47,67 MB
Release : 2024-12-05
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 1800183704
A magical, long-forgotten masterpiece, The Romance of William and the Werewolf is the story of two princes who overcame their wicked family to reclaim their inheritance and build a society based on tolerance and equality. Originally titled William of Palerne, it was first translated from French and then converted into an alliterative Middle English romance by an obscure Gloucestershire scribe in c. 1350. It has never been translated into modern English – until now. Written over 600 years ago, it is a multi-layered tale of poverty, justice, exile and 'otherness'; its themes of inheritance, the freedom of women, fairness and forgiveness, familial responsibility and social class, speak to us just as clearly today, and challenge us to reflect upon our class-driven politics and the corruption, entitlement and indifference which underlie it. As with Michael Smith’s other translations – Sir Gawain and the Green Knight and King Arthur’s Death – The Romance of William and the Werewolf will feature a detailed historical introduction, a comprehensive glossary and notes, and Michael’s own rich and beautiful linocut illustrations.
Author : Lawrence Warner
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 241 pages
File Size : 49,30 MB
Release : 2014-03-06
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 1107043638
A revisionary account of the powerful myths that grew up around the production and reception of the great medieval poem. Also available as Open Access.
Author : ... Guillaume
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Page : 396 pages
File Size : 36,35 MB
Release : 1867
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Author : Derek Ryan
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 309 pages
File Size : 43,4 MB
Release : 2023-08-31
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 1009300008
The Cambridge Companion to Literature and Animals surveys the role of animals across literary history and opens conversations on what literature can teach us about more-than-human life. Leading international scholars comprehensively explore how engaging with creatures of various kinds alters our understanding of what it means to write and read, and why this is important for thinking about a series of cultural, ethical, political, and scientific developments and controversies. The first part of the book offers historically rooted arguments about medieval metamorphosis, early modern fleshiness, eighteenth-century imperialism, Romantic sympathy, Victorian racial politics, modernist otherness and contemporary forms. The second part poses questions that cut across periods, concerning habitat and extinction, captivity and spectatorship, race and (post-)coloniality, sexuality and gender, religion and law, health and wealth. In doing so, this companion places animals at the centre of literary studies and literature at the heart of urgent debates in the growing field of animal studies.
Author : Ad Putter
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 311 pages
File Size : 30,40 MB
Release : 2014-06-06
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 1317885562
The Middle English popular romances enjoyed a wide appeal in later medieval Britain, and even today students of medieval literature will encounter examples of the genre, such as Sir Orfeo, Sir Tristrem, and Sir Launfal. This collection of twelve specially commissioned essays is designed to meet the need for a stimulating guide to the genre. Each essay introduces one popular romance, setting it in its literary and historical contexts, and develops an original interpretation that reveals the possibilities that popular romances offer for modern literary criticism. A substantial introduction by the editors discusses the production and transmission of popular romances in the Middle Ages, and considers the modern reception of popular romance and the interpretative challenges offered by new theoretical approaches. Accessible to advanced students of English, this book is also of interest to those working in the field of medieval studies, comparative literature, and popular culture.
Author : Holly Lynn Baumgartner
Publisher : Rodopi
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 39,3 MB
Release : 2008
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9042024860
Hosting the Monster responds to the call of the monstrous with, not rejection, but invitation. Positing the monster as that which defies classification, the essays in this collection are an ongoing engagement with that which lies outside of established boundaries. With chapters ranging from the monstrous mother or the deformed child to subjectivity in transition, this volume is not only of interest to film and gender scholars and literary and cultural theorists but also students of popular culture or horror. Its wide appeal stems from its invitation both to entertain the monster and to widen the call to and the listening for the monsters that have not yet, and perhaps must not yet, come calling back. This sense of hospitality and non-hostility is one guiding principle of this collection, suggesting that the ability to survey and research the otherwise may reveal more about the subjectivity of the self through the wisdom of the other, however monstrous the manifestation.
