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Author: Michael James Wilbur Publisher: Michael James Wilbur ISBN: Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 219
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When a knight from post-apocalyptic Earth falls out of the sky of a planet half a galaxy away, the Dreamer known as Narrator Number One decides to delay his vacation long enough to lend a hand. This small task turns out to be far from simple, however; in his attempts to help the wayward knight, One finds himself face-to-face with metal dragons, sinister monks, kidnapped royalty, old girlfriends, massive war machines, and more Dreamers than he could shake his Anti-ka Maru at. Still, he’s more than prepared to bend the fabric of dreams and reality to help his new friend. After all, it’s just one little assignment … right?
Author: Michael James Wilbur Publisher: Michael James Wilbur ISBN: Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 219
Book Description
When a knight from post-apocalyptic Earth falls out of the sky of a planet half a galaxy away, the Dreamer known as Narrator Number One decides to delay his vacation long enough to lend a hand. This small task turns out to be far from simple, however; in his attempts to help the wayward knight, One finds himself face-to-face with metal dragons, sinister monks, kidnapped royalty, old girlfriends, massive war machines, and more Dreamers than he could shake his Anti-ka Maru at. Still, he’s more than prepared to bend the fabric of dreams and reality to help his new friend. After all, it’s just one little assignment … right?
Author: W E Cule Publisher: Good Press ISBN: Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 114
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Sir Knight of the Splendid Way by W.E. Cule is a fun and bubbly children's adventure about a young knight beckoned by the King to great and noble pursuits in the City of the Great King. Excerpt: "On the farther frontier of the Western Lands dwelt Sir Fortis, an aged knight who was warden of one of the outposts of the Great King. He had won high renown in the battles of his earlier days, but the virtues of his riper years had brought him the glory of a gentler kind. The King's banner flew proudly from his castle wall, and when he rode forth he did honor to the royal service by the dignity of his bearing and the brightness of his arms..."
Author: JoAnna Stephens Mink Publisher: Popular Press ISBN: 9780879725242 Category : Literary Criticism Languages : en Pages : 186
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Joinings and Disjoinings illustrates the importance of marriage or singleness in short stories and novels and suggests the diverse perspectives the topic can provide on specific works and on analysis of the cultural importance of marriage and marital status. Essays discuss canonical and lesser-known works, providing social, historical, and literary context.
Author: Geoffrey Chaucer Publisher: American Chemical Society ISBN: 0199552096 Category : Christian pilgrims and pilgrimages Languages : en Pages : 1386
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A re-editing of F.N. Robinson's second edition of The works of Geoffrey Chaucer published in 1957 by the team of experts at the Riverside Institute who have greatly expanded the introductory material, explanatory notes, textual notes, bibliography and glossary. The result of many years' study. The Riverside Chaucer is the most authentic and exciting edition available of Chaucer's complete works.
Author: Robert Stuart Sturges Publisher: SIU Press ISBN: 9780809315567 Category : Language Arts & Disciplines Languages : en Pages : 328
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Viewing the medieval period as an era of constant change rather than as a monolithic whole, Robert S. Sturges examines a wide variety of English and French literary works within the cultural contexts of the early and late Middle Ages. Sturges analyzes these medieval works in roughly chronological order, thus providing a sense of historical change within the general period. Seeking to discover which critical methods best serve each work, he also compares medieval with postmodern approaches to interpretation, pointing out, of course, where current critical practices do not apply. Examining the Chanson de Roland, and Chrétien’s Charrette, Sturges reveals how belief in an indeterminacy of literary meaning grew between the 12th and 15th centuries. He argues that whereas the earlier Middle Ages’ Neoplatonic cultural context produced the "directed vision" of the early genres (chanson de gest, saint’s life), changes introduced in the 12th century and later allowed a second vision to emerge. Supplementing rather than replacing the Neoplatonic view, this new mind set emphasized a multiplicity of possible literal meanings in the world and in language. Authoritative truths no longer could be revealed through allegorical interpretation. In his second chapter, Sturges compares Chrétien’s Conte del Graal with the Queste del saint Graal to counterpoise the levels of interpretation required by allegory against the potential multiplicity of literal meanings possible when interpreting nonallegorical works. Chrétien, he notes, rejects allegory in favor of ambiguity. Chapter 3 compares Marie de France’s Lais with Machault’s Voir-Dit, making an analogy between the erotic activity of the represented lovers and the reader’s interpretation of the literary works. Sturges points out that by the 14th century semantic indeterminacy in love and in reading was expected, conventional, and enjoyable. Still, both Marie and Machault suggest the dangers of uncertainty in human relations: if true knowledge of the other (lover or text) is impossible, how can we communicate? In his fourth chapter, Sturges examines The Book of the Duchess, Troilus and Criseyde, and "The Wife of Bath’s Tale" to determine how at various points of his career Chaucer responded to the essential question: how can any truth be communicated among people or between texts and readers? Chapter 5 approaches such questions of truth and communication from the perspective of alterity and historical understanding in both La Mort le roi Artu and the final sections of Malory’s Mort Darthur, two works that present themselves as works of history. Yet the ambiguity introduced from 13th-century romance on through the 15th century undermined the historical foundation such works rest on. Sturges considers four centuries, two nationalities, and the genres of verse and prose romance, allegory, Breton lay, dit, dream-vision, and frame-story. He convincingly applies his study of medieval literature to issues vital to 20th-century literary theory, issues ranging from the interplay of speech and writing to the reader’s role in the production of meaning.
Author: Wolfgang Clemen Publisher: Routledge ISBN: 1135093598 Category : Literary Criticism Languages : en Pages : 227
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First published in 1963, this book provides an account of Chaucer’s poetry written before The Canterbury Tales. W. H. Clemen gives full, comprehensive and intriguing accounts of three major poems including The Book of the Duchess, The House of Fame, and The Parliament of Fowls in addition to some other, more minor poems from Chaucer’s oeuvre.
Author: David G. Allen Publisher: University of Delaware Press ISBN: 9780874134353 Category : Literary Collections Languages : en Pages : 306
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Nineteen scholars offer readings that address the continuity or discontinuity between the literature of the Renaissance and Middle Ages. Essays by Arthur F. Kinney, R. A. Shoaf, and O. B. Hardison focus on broader trends while shorter essays approach the periods by addressing particular themes in their literature or thought.
Author: Helen Phillips Publisher: Routledge ISBN: 1317900464 Category : Literary Criticism Languages : en Pages : 405
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Dream literature is regarded as one of the most important genres in medieval literature and is widely studied. This text provides a succinct and clear introduction to the five central poems that comprise Chaucer's Dream Poetry, and shows his role as a leading adapter of European Literary tradition into English Literature. The poems discussed are The Book of the Duchess, The Legend of Good Women, The Legend of Dido, The Parliament of Fowls and The House of Fame. Each have an introduction setting the poem within the context of Dream Poetry and Chaucer's own work. Appendices of proper names, pronunciation and criticism are also given. This volume is unique is presenting the poems together in an editorial and critical framework. The quality of annotation is unrivalled and will make this text a major addition to the literature suitable for those interested in the genre, literary, or more general history of the period.
Author: Elaine Tuttle Hansen Publisher: Univ of California Press ISBN: 0520328205 Category : Literary Criticism Languages : en Pages : 312
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This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1992.
Author: Michael James Wilbur
Author: Michael James Wilbur
Author: W E Cule
Author: JoAnna Stephens Mink
Author: Geoffrey Chaucer
Author: Robert Stuart Sturges
Author: Wolfgang Clemen
Author: David G. Allen
Author: Suzanne Barclay
Author: Helen Phillips
Author: Elaine Tuttle Hansen