Author: G. HOFSTRAND
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 205
Book Description
The Seege of Troye. A Study in the Intertextual Relations of the Middle English Romance, the "Seege Or Batayle of Troye."
Author: G. HOFSTRAND
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 205
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 205
Book Description
Memorization in the Transmission of the Middle English Romances
Author: Murray McGillivray
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 0429576404
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 149
Book Description
Originally published in 1990, Memorization in the Transmission of the Middle English Romances tackles the long-standing issue of the role of memorization in the transmission of Middle English romances. The book addresses the lack of consensus on the issue, despite extensive discussion, putting forth the theory that the heterogeneity of the poems of this period, grouped under the general heading of ‘medieval romance’, makes generalizations about the history of transmissions unreliable. The book suggests that oral-formulaic theory has been applied over-literally to oral or oral derived works, through the assumption that all poems answer the same structural criteria. The book also looks at the aspects of orality and performance theory alongside the textuality and intertextuality of these medieval texts.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 0429576404
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 149
Book Description
Originally published in 1990, Memorization in the Transmission of the Middle English Romances tackles the long-standing issue of the role of memorization in the transmission of Middle English romances. The book addresses the lack of consensus on the issue, despite extensive discussion, putting forth the theory that the heterogeneity of the poems of this period, grouped under the general heading of ‘medieval romance’, makes generalizations about the history of transmissions unreliable. The book suggests that oral-formulaic theory has been applied over-literally to oral or oral derived works, through the assumption that all poems answer the same structural criteria. The book also looks at the aspects of orality and performance theory alongside the textuality and intertextuality of these medieval texts.
Seege of Troye
Author: Gösta Hofstrand
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Seege of Troye
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Seege of Troye
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
The Staying Power of Thetis
Author: Maciej Paprocki
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN: 3110678519
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 579
Book Description
In 1991, Laura Slatkin published The Power of Thetis: Allusion and Interpretation in the Iliad, in which she argued that Homer knowingly situated the storyworld of the Iliad against the backdrop of an older world of mythos by which the events in the Iliad are explained and given traction. Slatkin’s focus was on Achilles’ mother, Thetis: an ostensibly marginal and powerless goddess, Thetis nevertheless drives the plot of the Iliad, being allusively credited with the power to uphold or challenge the rule of Zeus. Now, almost thirty years after Slatkin’s publication, this timely volume re-examines depictions and receptions of this ambiguous goddess, in works ranging from archaic Greek poetry to twenty-first century cinema. Twenty authors build upon Slatkin’s readings to explore Thetis and multiple roles she played in Western literature, art, material culture, religion, and myth. Ever the shapeshifter, Thetis has been and continues to be reconceptualised: supporter or opponent of Zeus’ regime, model bride or unwilling victim of Peleus’ rape, good mother or child-murderess, figure of comedy or monstrous witch. Hers is an enduring power of transformation, resonating within art and literature.
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN: 3110678519
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 579
Book Description
In 1991, Laura Slatkin published The Power of Thetis: Allusion and Interpretation in the Iliad, in which she argued that Homer knowingly situated the storyworld of the Iliad against the backdrop of an older world of mythos by which the events in the Iliad are explained and given traction. Slatkin’s focus was on Achilles’ mother, Thetis: an ostensibly marginal and powerless goddess, Thetis nevertheless drives the plot of the Iliad, being allusively credited with the power to uphold or challenge the rule of Zeus. Now, almost thirty years after Slatkin’s publication, this timely volume re-examines depictions and receptions of this ambiguous goddess, in works ranging from archaic Greek poetry to twenty-first century cinema. Twenty authors build upon Slatkin’s readings to explore Thetis and multiple roles she played in Western literature, art, material culture, religion, and myth. Ever the shapeshifter, Thetis has been and continues to be reconceptualised: supporter or opponent of Zeus’ regime, model bride or unwilling victim of Peleus’ rape, good mother or child-murderess, figure of comedy or monstrous witch. Hers is an enduring power of transformation, resonating within art and literature.
Annual Bibliography of Eng,ish Language and Literature
Author:
Publisher: CUP Archive
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 308
Book Description
Publisher: CUP Archive
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 308
Book Description
Protestant Women Novelists and Irish Society 1879-1922
Author: Lisbet Kickham
Publisher: Lund University Press
ISBN:
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 266
Book Description
Reviews a great number of novels by Anglo-Irish women novelists that - with few exceptions - have attracted little attention from contemporary and modern literary critics. The main focus is on the literature and its society. The disposition of this study reflects the areas of contention experienced by the Anglo-Irish of the period. Chapter 1, Land and Politics, deals with the Anglo-Irish landlords and their families. Chapter 2 is devoted to different aspects of religion. Chapter 3, Race, discusses the Celt and his presumed characteristics. The 'other' race, the English, will get some attention, as will the Protestant Anglo-Irish themselves. Chapter 4 focuses on this new ruling class, 'the new Irish'. A brief conclusion follows.
Publisher: Lund University Press
ISBN:
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 266
Book Description
Reviews a great number of novels by Anglo-Irish women novelists that - with few exceptions - have attracted little attention from contemporary and modern literary critics. The main focus is on the literature and its society. The disposition of this study reflects the areas of contention experienced by the Anglo-Irish of the period. Chapter 1, Land and Politics, deals with the Anglo-Irish landlords and their families. Chapter 2 is devoted to different aspects of religion. Chapter 3, Race, discusses the Celt and his presumed characteristics. The 'other' race, the English, will get some attention, as will the Protestant Anglo-Irish themselves. Chapter 4 focuses on this new ruling class, 'the new Irish'. A brief conclusion follows.
Medium Aevum
Author: Charles Talbut Onions
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Electronic journals
Languages : en
Pages : 254
Book Description
Includes section "Reviews".
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Electronic journals
Languages : en
Pages : 254
Book Description
Includes section "Reviews".
Alice's Adventures in the Oral-literary Continuum
Author: Björn Sundmark
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Alice (Fictitious character : Carroll)
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
Analysis of the oral and literary elements between the traditional folktale and the Victorian literary fairy tale.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Alice (Fictitious character : Carroll)
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
Analysis of the oral and literary elements between the traditional folktale and the Victorian literary fairy tale.
Knowledge and Survival in the Novels of Thomas Hardy
Author: Jane Mattisson
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 436
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 436
Book Description
English Now
Author: International Association of University Professors of English. Conference
Publisher: Lund University Press
ISBN:
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 392
Book Description
Publisher: Lund University Press
ISBN:
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 392
Book Description