Author: University of Wisconsin--Madison. Libraries. Mills Music Library
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 192
Book Description
The Jongleur
Author: University of Wisconsin--Madison. Libraries. Mills Music Library
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 192
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 192
Book Description
Freida the Jongleur
Author: Barbara Hemphill
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 324
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 324
Book Description
Mediaeval Pageant
Author: John Revell Reinhard
Publisher: Ardent Media
ISBN:
Category : Literature, Medieval
Languages : en
Pages : 682
Book Description
Examples of Medieval literature by various authors.
Publisher: Ardent Media
ISBN:
Category : Literature, Medieval
Languages : en
Pages : 682
Book Description
Examples of Medieval literature by various authors.
Fools' Plays
Author: Heather Arden
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 0521225132
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 228
Book Description
Dr Arden analyses the sottie, a short comical play, which flourished in France from about 1440 to 1560.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 0521225132
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 228
Book Description
Dr Arden analyses the sottie, a short comical play, which flourished in France from about 1440 to 1560.
Fabulous Road
Author: Philip Brebner
Publisher: Thames Street Press
ISBN: 1843962799
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 144
Book Description
The Cook. The Dervish. The Geographer. The Artist. The Jongleur. The Scholar. The Historian. A group of men are imprisoned by their Sultan and await death; they are to be executed for petty crimes. They all have one regret-not to have done the pilgrimage to Mecca. Whereupon, a talking parrot, centuries old, flies into their cell and rebukes them, suggesting they undertake the overland pilgrimage in their minds. So the prisoners imagine the journey, weaving art, history, cuisine, geography, literature, philosophy, Sufism, anecdotes and comic stories, to travel a fabulous road across the breathtaking and punishing landscapes of North Africa. All the while they are accompanied by the convivial parrot and its recollections of the past, whether in the company of the Woolworth heiress Barbara Hutton in Tangier, as a mascot in the French Foreign Legion, mingling with the cross-dresser Isabelle Eberhardt, as companion to an English aristocrat in Algiers, enslaved by pirates off Tripoli, as sidekick to the circus strongman Giovanni Belzoni or muse to Gustave Flaubert in Cairo. It's a roller coaster of adventures that prove as colourful as its feathers.But who will reach Mecca, as one by one the prisoners are dragged out of the cell to meet the executioner?Winner of the K Blundell Trust Award.
Publisher: Thames Street Press
ISBN: 1843962799
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 144
Book Description
The Cook. The Dervish. The Geographer. The Artist. The Jongleur. The Scholar. The Historian. A group of men are imprisoned by their Sultan and await death; they are to be executed for petty crimes. They all have one regret-not to have done the pilgrimage to Mecca. Whereupon, a talking parrot, centuries old, flies into their cell and rebukes them, suggesting they undertake the overland pilgrimage in their minds. So the prisoners imagine the journey, weaving art, history, cuisine, geography, literature, philosophy, Sufism, anecdotes and comic stories, to travel a fabulous road across the breathtaking and punishing landscapes of North Africa. All the while they are accompanied by the convivial parrot and its recollections of the past, whether in the company of the Woolworth heiress Barbara Hutton in Tangier, as a mascot in the French Foreign Legion, mingling with the cross-dresser Isabelle Eberhardt, as companion to an English aristocrat in Algiers, enslaved by pirates off Tripoli, as sidekick to the circus strongman Giovanni Belzoni or muse to Gustave Flaubert in Cairo. It's a roller coaster of adventures that prove as colourful as its feathers.But who will reach Mecca, as one by one the prisoners are dragged out of the cell to meet the executioner?Winner of the K Blundell Trust Award.
Performing Medieval Narrative
Author: Evelyn Birge Vitz
Publisher: DS Brewer
ISBN: 9781843840398
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 290
Book Description
This book provides the first comprehensive study of the performance of medieval narrative, using examples from England and the Continent and a variety of genres to examine the crucial question of whether - and how - medieval narratives were indeed intended for performance. Moving beyond the familiar dichotomy between oral and written literature, the various contributions emphasize the range and power of medieval performance traditions, and demonstrate that knowledge of the modes and means of performance is crucial for appreciating medieval narratives. The book is divided into four main parts, with each essay engaging with a specific issue or work, relating it to larger questions about performance. It first focuses on representations of the art of medieval performers of narrative. It then examines relationships between narrative performances and the material books that inspired, recorded, or represented them. The next section studies performance features inscribed in texts and the significance of considering performability. The volume concludes with contributions by present-day professional performers who bring medieval narratives to life for contemporary audiences. Topics covered include orality, performance, storytelling, music, drama, the material book, public reading, and court life.
Publisher: DS Brewer
ISBN: 9781843840398
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 290
Book Description
This book provides the first comprehensive study of the performance of medieval narrative, using examples from England and the Continent and a variety of genres to examine the crucial question of whether - and how - medieval narratives were indeed intended for performance. Moving beyond the familiar dichotomy between oral and written literature, the various contributions emphasize the range and power of medieval performance traditions, and demonstrate that knowledge of the modes and means of performance is crucial for appreciating medieval narratives. The book is divided into four main parts, with each essay engaging with a specific issue or work, relating it to larger questions about performance. It first focuses on representations of the art of medieval performers of narrative. It then examines relationships between narrative performances and the material books that inspired, recorded, or represented them. The next section studies performance features inscribed in texts and the significance of considering performability. The volume concludes with contributions by present-day professional performers who bring medieval narratives to life for contemporary audiences. Topics covered include orality, performance, storytelling, music, drama, the material book, public reading, and court life.
The History of France from the Foundation of the Monarchy to the Death of Louis XVI
Author: William Grimshaw
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : France
Languages : en
Pages : 314
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : France
Languages : en
Pages : 314
Book Description
The Flourishing of Romance and the Rise of Allegory
Author: George Saintsbury
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Literature, Medieval
Languages : en
Pages : 456
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Literature, Medieval
Languages : en
Pages : 456
Book Description
Demonsouled
Author: Jonathan Moeller
Publisher: Azure Flame Media, LLC
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 427
Book Description
Here is the first volume of the DEMONSOULED series, an epic saga of fantasy and sword & sorcery. Banished for fifteen years, the wandering knight Mazael Cravenlock returns home at last to the Grim Marches, only to find war and chaos. His brother plans a foolish and doomed rebellion. His sister hopes to wed a brutal and cruel knight. The whispers speak of living corpses that stalk the night, of demons that lurk in darkness, and a sinister snake-cult that waits in the shadows. Yet Mazael's darkest enemy waits elsewhere. Within his own tainted soul... A free epic fantasy and sword & sorcery adventure in ebook format.
Publisher: Azure Flame Media, LLC
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 427
Book Description
Here is the first volume of the DEMONSOULED series, an epic saga of fantasy and sword & sorcery. Banished for fifteen years, the wandering knight Mazael Cravenlock returns home at last to the Grim Marches, only to find war and chaos. His brother plans a foolish and doomed rebellion. His sister hopes to wed a brutal and cruel knight. The whispers speak of living corpses that stalk the night, of demons that lurk in darkness, and a sinister snake-cult that waits in the shadows. Yet Mazael's darkest enemy waits elsewhere. Within his own tainted soul... A free epic fantasy and sword & sorcery adventure in ebook format.
Performance and the Middle English Romance
Author: Linda Marie Zaerr
Publisher: DS Brewer
ISBN: 1843843234
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 298
Book Description
An examination of if and how medieval romance was performed, uniquely uniting the perspective of a scholar and practitioner. Although English medieval minstrels performed gestes, a genre closely related to romance, often playing the harp or the fiddle, the question of if, and how, Middle English romance was performed has been hotly debated. Here, the performance tradition is explored by combining textual, historical and musicological scholarship with practical experience from a noted musician. Using previously unrecognised evidence, the author reconstructs a realistic model of minstrel performance, showing how a simple melody can interact with the text, and vice versa. She argues that elements in Middle English romance which may seem simplistic or repetitive may in fact be incomplete, as missing an integral musical dimension; metrical irregularities, for example, may be relics of sophisticated rhythmic variation that make sense only with music. Overall, the study offers both a more accurate comprehension of minstrel performance, and a deeper appreciation of the romances themselves. Linda Marie Zaerr is Professor of Medieval Studies at Boise State University.
Publisher: DS Brewer
ISBN: 1843843234
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 298
Book Description
An examination of if and how medieval romance was performed, uniquely uniting the perspective of a scholar and practitioner. Although English medieval minstrels performed gestes, a genre closely related to romance, often playing the harp or the fiddle, the question of if, and how, Middle English romance was performed has been hotly debated. Here, the performance tradition is explored by combining textual, historical and musicological scholarship with practical experience from a noted musician. Using previously unrecognised evidence, the author reconstructs a realistic model of minstrel performance, showing how a simple melody can interact with the text, and vice versa. She argues that elements in Middle English romance which may seem simplistic or repetitive may in fact be incomplete, as missing an integral musical dimension; metrical irregularities, for example, may be relics of sophisticated rhythmic variation that make sense only with music. Overall, the study offers both a more accurate comprehension of minstrel performance, and a deeper appreciation of the romances themselves. Linda Marie Zaerr is Professor of Medieval Studies at Boise State University.