Heroes and Heroines in Medieval English Literature - A Festschrift Presented to André Crépin on the Occasion of His 65th Birthday

Studies of the evolution of the hero, from Beowulf to Lancelot.

Table des matières

Raynard the Fox as Anti-Hero - Josseline Bidard
Type Conceptions of the Good Knight in the French Arthurian Cycles, Malory and Chaucer -
Heroes and Anti-Heroes in Dunbar's Poetry - Jean-Jacques Blanchot
The Lexis and Deixis of Heroism in Old English Poetry - Guy Bourquin
Chaucer's Knight as Hero, and Machaut's Prise d'Alexandrie - Derek S Brewer
Kingship and Heroism in Beowulf -
The Medieval Self as Anti-Hero - Caroline Muessig / The Editor
The Medieval Self As Anti-Hero - Gloria Cigman
King and Creation at the Crucifixion: the Contribution of Native Tradition to the Dream of the Rood 50-5a -
The Plowman as Hero - Terence P Dolan
Humilis exaltetur: Constance, or Humility Rewarded - Juliette Dor
Sir Gawain and the Romance Hero -
Beowulf's Bairns: Malory's Sterner Knights -
Conspicuous Heroism: Abraham, Prudentius, and the Old English Verse Genesis -
Heroic Women In Old English Literature -
Type Conceptions of the Good Knight in the French Arthurian Cycles, Malory and Chaucer - James Wimsatt

A propos de l'auteur

Leo Carruthers

Résumé

Studies of the evolution of the hero, from Beowulf to Lancelot.

Détails du produit

• Collaboration: Leo Carruthers (Editeur)
• Edition: Boydell & Brewer
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre Relié
• Sortie: 20.10.1994
• EAN: 9780859914154
• ISBN: 978-0-85991-415-4
• Pages: 184
• Dimensions: 173 mm x 248 mm x 16 mm
• Poids: 472 g
• Catégories: Littérature > Littérature (récits); Sciences humaines, art, musique > Linguistique et littérature > Littérature générale et comparée; Angelsächsisch / Altenglisch