Socioliterary Practice in Late Medieval England bridges the disciplines of literature and history by examining various kinds of literary language as examples of social practice. Readings of both English and Latin texts from the late fourteenth and early fifteenth centuries are grounded in close textual study which reveals the social positioning of these works and the kinds of ideological work they can be seen to perform.

Socioliterary Practice in Late Medieval England

Literature & Fiction

Barr, Helen

British & Irish

Oxford University Press

For most modern readers, the words 'Round Table' and 'Arthurian Romance' conjure up images of an enchanted kingdom peopled with virtous knights and damsels in distress. Some medieval texts do indeed offer such a picture, but they are decidedly in the minority. The adventure romances brought together in this collection tell instead of villains and heroes whose stories are built upon the concerns, dreams and failures of their intended readers. Throughout these tales morality is complicated by desire in ways which find many modern parallels; whereas the priest in church preached about the salvation of souls, the poet in the hall told of how to acquire a wife, a castle and all the trappings of earthly prosperity...Available for the first time in new translations and accompanied by an incisive introduction, Ross G Arthurs colourful selection of texts is an invaluable work for the student &amp; layman alik*

The Piers Plowman Tradition: A Critical Edition of Pierce the Ploughman's Crede, Richard the Redeless, Mum and the Sothsegger and the Crowned King

History & Criticism

Everymans Library

Mr. Bear was a very special dog. He greatly enriched the lives of all those he touched, including this veterinarian. Because he was so special to Helen, her family and friends, he will be greatly missed but never forgotten.

I, Bear

Plum Press

Veil of Miracles: Chiara's Journey Entwined with St Mary of the Cross MacKillop

Biographies & Memoirs

Community & Culture

Bowker

Drawing on the work of British sculptor Antony Gormley, alongside more traditional literary scholarship, this book argues for new relationships between Chaucer’s poetry and works by others. Chaucer’s playfulness with textual history and chronology anticipates how his own work is figured in later – and earlier – texts. Responding to this, the book presents innovative readings of the relationships between medieval texts and early modern drama, literary texts and material culture. It re-energises conventional models of source and analogue study to reveal unexpected – and sometimes unsettling – literary cohabitations. At the same time, it exposes how associations between architecture, pilgrim practice, manuscript illustration and the soundscapes of dramatic performance reposition how we read Chaucer’s oeuvre and what gets made of it. An invaluable resource for scholars and students of all levels with an interest in medieval English literary studies and early modern drama, Transporting Chaucer offers a new approach to how we encounter texts through time.

Transporting Chaucer (Manchester Medieval Literature and Culture)

Manchester University Press

Transporting Chaucer draws on the work of the British sculptor Antony Gormley alongside more traditional literary scholarship to argue for new relationships between Chaucer's poetry and works by others. Chaucer's playfulness with textual history and chronology anticipates how his own work is figured in later (and earlier) texts. Conventional models of source and analogue study are re-energised to reveal unexpected, and sometimes unsettling, literary cohabitations and re-placements. The author presents innovative readings of relationships between medieval texts and early modern drama, and between literary texts and material culture. Associations between medieval architecture, pilgrim practice, manuscript illustration and the soundscapes of dramatic performance reposition how we read Chaucer's oeuvre and what gets made of it. An invaluable resource for scholars and students of all levels with an interest in medieval English literary studies and early modern drama.

Vom Wort Zur Kunst: Kunstlerzeugnisse Vom Fruhen Mittelalter Bis Zur Gegenwart (German Edition)

Arts & Photography

Gearhart, Heidi C.

Keazor, Henry

Reudenbach, Bruno

Zeising, Andreas

Endres, Johannes

Fugger-Vagts, Johanna

Hildebrandt, Dirk

Krause-Wahl, Antje

Ott, Christine

Wagner, Berit

Wien, Iris

Edition Imorde

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