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Emotions in Medieval Arthurian Literature: Body, Mind, Voice
Frank Brandsma
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Description for Emotions in Medieval Arthurian Literature: Body, Mind, Voice
Hardback. Analysis of how emotion is pictured in Arthurian legend. Editor(s): Brandsma, Frank; Larrington, Carolyne; Saunders, Corinne. Series: Arthurian Studies. Num Pages: 221 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 164 x 245 x 21. Weight in Grams: 566.
Literary texts complicate our understanding of medieval emotions; they not only represent characters experiencing emotion and reaction emotionally to the behaviour of others within the text, but also evoke and play upon emotion in the audiences which heard these texts performed or read. The presentation and depiction of emotion in the single most prominent and influential story matter of the Middle Ages, the Arthurian legend, is the subject of this volume. Covering texts written in English, French, Dutch, German, Latin and Norwegian, the essays presented here explore notions of embodiment, the affective quality of the construction of mind, and the ... Read more
Literary texts complicate our understanding of medieval emotions; they not only represent characters experiencing emotion and reaction emotionally to the behaviour of others within the text, but also evoke and play upon emotion in the audiences which heard these texts performed or read. The presentation and depiction of emotion in the single most prominent and influential story matter of the Middle Ages, the Arthurian legend, is the subject of this volume. Covering texts written in English, French, Dutch, German, Latin and Norwegian, the essays presented here explore notions of embodiment, the affective quality of the construction of mind, and the ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Number of Pages
221
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781843844211
SKU
V9781843844211
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99-50
About Frank Brandsma
Associate Professor in Comparative Literature (Middle Ages), Dept of Modern Languages, Utrecht University
Reviews for Emotions in Medieval Arthurian Literature: Body, Mind, Voice
[Works] admirably to replace reflexive responses to romance literature and the culture that produced it with informed understanding, illuminating both the past and the present. JOURNAL OF ENGLISH AND GERMANIC PHILOLOGY The essays . . . offer groundbreaking interpretations of medieval representations of emotion. BRITISH JOURNAL FOR THE HISTORY OF SCIENCE [T]his ... Read more