Reynard the Fox - Cultural Metamorphoses and Social Engagement in the Beast Epic from the Middle Ages to the Present

About the author

Kenneth Varty is Professor Emeritus and Honorary Professorial Research Fellow at the University of Glasgow. He is the Founder and first President of the International Reynard Society (and currently its Honorary President) and founder and Chairman ofthe editorial board of Reinardus, its yearbook. He has also been Vice-President of the British Branch of the International Arthurian Society since 1977.

Summary

There are many stories featuring the villainous hero Reynard the Fox in many languages told over many centuries, goingback as far as the early 12th century. All these stories are comic and much of the humour depends on parody and satire resulting in mockery, sometimes the subversion of certain kinds of serious literature...

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"This splendid collection ... edited by the world's foremost authority on the subject, ... is useful for both scholar and general reader ... A model of erudition and unusually broad-ranging." ����Speculum

Product details

• Authors: Kenneth Varty
• Assisted by: Kenneth Varty (Editor)
• Publisher: Ingram Publishers Services
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.12.2003
• EAN: 9781571814227
• ISBN: 978-1-57181-422-7
• No. of pages: 326
• Dimensions: 140 mm x 216 mm x 17 mm
• Weight: 407 g
• Series: Polygons; Polygons: Cultural Diversities; Polygons: Cultural Diversities and Intersections; Polygons: Cultural Diversities and Intersections
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Politics; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > General, dictionaries; Literary Studies, History (General)