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Middle English Romance and the Craft of Memory
Jamie McKinstry
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Description for Middle English Romance and the Craft of Memory
Hardback. An examination of the depiction and function of memory in a variety of romances, including Troilus and Criseyde and Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. Series: Studies in Medieval Romance. Num Pages: 289 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ABC; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 165 x 241 x 30. Weight in Grams: 662.
An examination of the depiction and function of memory in a variety of romances, including Troilus and Criseyde and Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. In Middle English romances many memories are created, stored, forgotten, and rediscovered by both the characters and audience; such memory work is not, however, either simple or obvious. This study examines the ways in which recollection is achieved and sustained through physical, cognitive, and interpretative challenges. It uses examples such as Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Sir Orfeo, and Emaré, alongside romances by Chaucer and Malory,to investigate the genre's reliance on individual and ... Read more
An examination of the depiction and function of memory in a variety of romances, including Troilus and Criseyde and Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. In Middle English romances many memories are created, stored, forgotten, and rediscovered by both the characters and audience; such memory work is not, however, either simple or obvious. This study examines the ways in which recollection is achieved and sustained through physical, cognitive, and interpretative challenges. It uses examples such as Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Sir Orfeo, and Emaré, alongside romances by Chaucer and Malory,to investigate the genre's reliance on individual and ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Condition
New
Number of Pages
289
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781843844174
SKU
V9781843844174
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About Jamie McKinstry
Tutor, Department of English Studies and Member, Institute of Medieval and Early Modern Studies, Durham University, UK.
Reviews for Middle English Romance and the Craft of Memory
[E]xhaustively researched, highly original . . . [D]eserves praise for breaking new ground and for incorporating-generously, skillfully, and without any apparent bias against older or less 'theoretical' scholarship-a vast array of secondary literature about the many texts that it studies.
JOURNAL OF ENGLISH AND GERMANIC PHILOLOGY
Will appeal as much to those seeking a thematic survey of late-medieval ... Read more
JOURNAL OF ENGLISH AND GERMANIC PHILOLOGY
Will appeal as much to those seeking a thematic survey of late-medieval ... Read more