UID:
almafu_9961009571702883
Format:
1 online resource (xxi, 204 pages) :
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digital, PDF file(s).
ISBN:
1-283-15600-8
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9786613156006
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1-84615-797-8
Series Statement:
Christianity and culture : issues in teaching and research,
Content:
Essays examining the genre of medieval romance in its cultural Christian context, bringing out its chameleon-like character. The relationship between the Christianity of medieval culture and its most characteristic narrative, the romance, is complex and the modern reading of it is too often confused. Not only can it be difficult to negotiate the distant, sometimes alien concepts of religious cultures of past centuries in a modern, secular, multi-cultural society, but there is no straightforward Christian context of Middle English romance - or of medieval romance in general, although this volume focuses on the romances of England. Medieval audiences had apparently very different expectations and demands of their entertainment: some looking for, and evidently finding, moral exempla and analogues of biblical narratives, others secular, even sensational, entertainment of a type condemned by moralising voices. The essays collected here show how the romances of medieval England engage with its Christian culture. Topics include the handling of material from pre-Christian cultures, classical and Celtic, the effect of the Crusades, the meaning of chivalry, and the place of women in pious romances. Case studies, including Sir Gawain and the Green Knight and Malory's Morte Darthur, offer new readings and ideas for teaching romance to contemporary students. They do not present a single view of a complex situation, but demonstrate the importance of reading romances with anawareness of the knowledge and cultural capital represented by Christianity for its original writers and audiences. Contributors: HELEN PHILLIPS, STEPHEN KNIGHT, PHILLIPA HARDMAN, MARIANNE AILES, RALUCA L. RADULESCU, CORINNE SAUNDERS, K.S. WHETTER, ANDREA HOPKINS, ROSALIND FIELD, DEREK BREWER, D. THOMAS HANKS, MICHELLE SWEENEY
Note:
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 02 Mar 2023).
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FRONTCOVER; CONTENTS; GENERAL EDITORS' FOREWORD; EDITORS' PREFACE; LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS; ABBREVIATIONS; INTRODUCTION BY HELEN COOPER; Christianity and the Matters of Romance; Issues and Debates; Reading Romances; INDEX; BACKCOVER
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1-84384-219-X
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1515/9781846157974
URL:
https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/9781846157974/type/BOOK
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