Romancing Treason - The Literature of the Wars of the Roses

Zusatztext Romancing Treason is a cohesive study, with a convincing and wellpresented argument. Informationen zum Autor Megan G. Leitch is Lecturer in English Literature at Cardiff University. Her research focuses on Middle English romance, Arthurian and Ricardian literature, and the fifteenth century. Her work on these topics has recently appeared in Medium Aevum, The Chaucer Review, and Arthurian Literature, and in several collections of essays. Klappentext Romancing Treason examines English literature written during the Wars of the Roses. Focusing on the the theme of treason, Megan Leitch suggests that the idea of a literature of the Wars of the Roses offers a way of understanding an understudied period. Zusammenfassung Romancing Treason examines English literature written during the Wars of the Roses. Focusing on the the theme of treason, Megan Leitch suggests that the idea of a literature of the Wars of the Roses offers a way of understanding an understudied period. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1: Introduction 2: 'that horrible and falsly forsworne traitor N': Discourses and Mentalities of Treason c.1437 - c.1497 3: . 'For treason walketh wonder wyde': Treachery and Romance during the Wars of the Roses 4: Speaking (of) Treason in Malory's Morte Darthur: Fifteenth-Century Insular Romance and Chronicle 5: Thinking Twice about Treason in Caxton's Prose Romances: Proper Chivalric Conduct and the English Printing Press 6: Post Script: Writing Of/Off Treason After 1500 Appendix

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• Authors: Megan Leitch, Megan (Lecturer in English Literature Leitch, Leitch Megan
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 29.01.2015
• EAN: 9780198724599
• ISBN: 978-0-19-872459-9
• No. of pages: 240
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; History, HISTORY / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / Ancient & Classical, Literary studies: classical, early & medieval, 17th century, c 1600 to c 1699, Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700, Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers, Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers, 16th century, c 1500 to c 1599, Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval, LITERARY CRITICISM / Novel as Form