Representing Righteous Heathens in Late Medieval England

Informationen zum Autor FRANK GRADY is Associate Professor of English, University of Missouri, St. Louis, USA. Klappentext This book surveys the appearances of righteous heathens or virtuous pagans in travel literature, chronicles, romances, and sermons, as well as in the work of Langland, Chaucer and Gower. Grady also illustrates the way these figures have been used to explore a variety of historical, cultural and formal literary issues. Zusammenfassung This book surveys the appearances of righteous heathens or virtuous pagans in travel literature! chronicles! romances! and sermons! as well as in the work of Langland! Chaucer and Gower. Grady also illustrates the way these figures have been used to explore a variety of historical! cultural and formal literary issues. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction Mandeville's 'Gret Meruayle' The Trouble With Trajan Alexander and the Indians Gower, Chaucer, and Pagan Antiquity Revisited Conclusion

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Introduction Mandeville's 'Gret Meruayle' The Trouble With Trajan Alexander and the Indians Gower, Chaucer, and Pagan Antiquity Revisited Conclusion

Product details

• Authors: F Grady, F. Grady, Frank Grady
• Publisher: Palgrave UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 27.03.2009
• EAN: 9781403966995
• ISBN: 978-1-4039-6699-5
• No. of pages: 224
• Series: The New Middle Ages; The New Middle Ages
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general)