Sleep and Its Spaces in Middle English Literature - Emotions, Ethics, Dreams

This book shows how sleep and the spaces in which it takes place animate ethical codes and emotive scripts, shaping a range of medieval English genres. In particular, it demonstrates the significance of sleep-related motifs to Middle English romance and offers a more embodied understanding of dream visions by Chaucer, Langland and the Pearl-poet.

About the author

Megan G. Leitch is Reader in English Literature at Cardiff University

Product details

• Authors: Megan Leitch, Megan (Senior Lecturer in English Literatu Leitch, Megan (Senior Lecturer in English Literature) Leitch, Megan G. Leitch, Leitch Megan
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.03.2023
• EAN: 9781526171597
• ISBN: 978-1-5261-7159-7
• No. of pages: 296
• Series: Manchester Medieval Literature and Culture; Manchester Medieval Literature
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; English, LITERARY CRITICISM / Medieval, LITERARY CRITICISM / Shakespeare, Literary studies: classical, early & medieval, Literary studies: c 1500 to c 1800, Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval, Literary studies: c 1400 to c 1600