Middle English Marvels - Magic, Spectacle, and Morality in the Fourteenth Century

A multidisciplinary interpretation of representations of magic in fourteenth-century romances, and how these texts link magic, spectacle, and morality in distinctive ways. By representing supernatural marvels in vivid visual detail, these texts encourage reactions of wonder that have moral effects within and beyond the narrative.

Info autore

Tara Williams is Associate Dean of the Honors College and Associate Professor of English at Oregon State University and the author of Inventing Womanhood: Gender and Language in Later Middle English Writing.

Riassunto

A multidisciplinary interpretation of representations of magic in fourteenth-century romances, and how these texts link magic, spectacle, and morality in distinctive ways. By representing supernatural marvels in vivid visual detail, these texts encourage reactions of wonder that have moral effects within and beyond the narrative.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Tara Williams, Tara (Associate Dean of Honors College and Associate Professor of English Williams
• Editore: University Presses
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 03.01.2018
• EAN: 9780271079639
• ISBN: 978-0-271-07963-9
• Dimensioni: 152 mm x 229 mm x 229 mm
• Peso: 476 g
• Illustrazioni: Raster,schwarz-weiss
• Categorie: Narrativa > Poesia lirica, drammatica > Lirica; POETRY / General, Poetry, Poetry / Poems