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Romance and its Contexts in Fifteenth-Century England: Politics, Piety and Penitence
Raluca Radulescu
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Description for Romance and its Contexts in Fifteenth-Century England: Politics, Piety and Penitence
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Examination of romance texts from late medieval England, linking them firmly to their political and social context. Although the anonymous pious Middle English romances and Sir Thomas Malory's Morte Darthur have rarely been studied in relation to each other, they in fact share at least two thematic concerns, vocabularies of suffering andgenealogical concerns, as this book demonstrates. By examining a broad cultural and political framework stretching from Richard II's deposition to the end of the Wars of the Roses through the prism of piety, politics and penitence, the author draws attention to the specific circumstances in which Sir Isumbras, ... Read more
Examination of romance texts from late medieval England, linking them firmly to their political and social context. Although the anonymous pious Middle English romances and Sir Thomas Malory's Morte Darthur have rarely been studied in relation to each other, they in fact share at least two thematic concerns, vocabularies of suffering andgenealogical concerns, as this book demonstrates. By examining a broad cultural and political framework stretching from Richard II's deposition to the end of the Wars of the Roses through the prism of piety, politics and penitence, the author draws attention to the specific circumstances in which Sir Isumbras, ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
254
Condition
New
Number of Pages
252
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781843843597
SKU
V9781843843597
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99-22
About Raluca Radulescu
Dr Raluca Radulescu is Senior Lecturer in Medieval Literature, Bangor University
Reviews for Romance and its Contexts in Fifteenth-Century England: Politics, Piety and Penitence
This is an important book that should be read by anyone interested in late medieval English literature and culture, especially
but not limited to
romance and Arthuriana.
ARTHURIANA
but not limited to
romance and Arthuriana.
ARTHURIANA