Heroes and Anti-Heroes in Medieval Romance

Investigations into the heroic - or not - behaviour of the protagonists of medieval romance.

List of contents

Introduction - Neil Cartlidge
Turnus - Penny Eley
Alexander the Great - David Ashurst
Hengist - Margaret Lamont
Harold Godwineson - Laura Ashe
Mordred - Judith Weiss
Merlin - Gareth Griffith
Gawain - Kate McClune
Gamelyn - Nancy Mason Bradbury
Ralph the Collier - Ad Putter
The Anti-heroic Heart - Stephanie Kamath
Crusaders - Robert Rouse
Saracens - Siobhain Bly Calkin
Ungallant Knights - James Wade
Sons of Devils - Neil Cartlidge

About the author

Neil Cartlidge

Summary

Investigations into the heroic - or not - behaviour of the protagonists of medieval romance.

Product details

• Authors: David Ashurst, neil Cartlidge, Neil M.r. Cartlidge, Gareth Griffith, Ad Putter, James Wade
• Assisted by: neil Cartlidge (Editor), Neil M R Cartlidge (Editor), Neil M. R. Cartlidge (Editor), Professor Neil M.R. Cartlidge (Editor)
• Publisher: Boydell & Brewer
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 19.04.2012
• EAN: 9781843843047
• ISBN: 978-1-84384-304-7
• No. of pages: 258
• Dimensions: 155 mm x 234 mm x 25 mm
• Weight: 544 g
• Series: Studies in Medieval Romance
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies