Literary Criticism : Medieval

When did fairy tales begin? What qualifies as a fairy tale? Is a true fairy tale oral or literary? Or is a fairy tale determined not by style but by...

This book examines descriptions of the natural world in a wide range of Old English poetry. Jennifer Neville describes the physical conditions experienced by......

In this study of vernacular French narrative from the twelfth century through the later Middle Ages, Donald Maddox considers the construction of identity in ......

Kantik Ghosh argues that one of the main reasons for Lollardy's sensational resonance for its times, and for its immediate posterity, was its exposure of fun......

Up to the twelfth century writing in the western vernaculars dealt almost exclusively with religious, historical and factual themes, all of which were held t......

This work is the first complete English translation of the Latin Etymologies of Isidore, bishop of Seville (c. 560 636). Isidore compiled the work between c.......

Until the Reformation, almost all sermons were written down in Latin. This is the first scholarly study systematically to describe and analyse the collection......

Inspired by the example of his predecessors Chaucer and Gower, John Lydgate articulated in his poetry, prose and translations many of the most serious politi......

In this book, Teodolinda Barolini explores the sources of Italian literary culture in the figures of its lyric poets and its "three crowns": Dante, Petrarch,......

Let It Shine! probes the distinctive contribution of black Catholics to the life of the American church, and to the unfolding of lived Christianity in the Un......

Billy the Kid, Jesse James, John Dillinger, and Al Capone were all are criminals who robbed and killed, yet they were considered good outlaws, celebrated in ......

This highly original study provides an essential insight into why the Arthurian myth has caught the imagination of so many people. Fascinating reading for an......

María Rosa Menocal argues that Arabic culture was a central and shaping phenomenon in medieval Europe. Author: Menocal, Maria Rosa Publisher: University of ......

"Richard, Duke of Aquitaine, son of the King of England, remained with Philip, the King of France, who so honored him for so long that they ate every day at...

Explores the use of allegory in the writing of the renowned eleventh-century Muslim philosopher known in the West as Avicenna, paying special attention to th......

"This interesting comparative study of the relationship between blood and gender in medieval literature considers how blood is associated with cultural value......

First published in English in 1968, this book provides a critical guide to the wide field of the Middle english Romances and gives a helpful survey of the co......

This volume emphasizes theories and concepts that highlight global interconnectedness through a range of interpretative and critical approaches to understand......

"A provocative study of an intriguing subject. . . . The Romance of Adultery establishes perceptive and tantalizing connections between literature and histor......

"A remarkable analysis of an important medieval text. . . . This work will surely initiate new studies of the precolonial frame of mind and the role of disti......