Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Animals in literature
Languages : fr
Pages : 490
Book Description
Reinardus
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Animals in literature
Languages : fr
Pages : 490
Book Description
A Dictionary of Medieval Heroes
Author: Willem Pieter GerritsenPublisher: Boydell & Brewer
ISBN: 9780851157801
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 348
Book Description
"The different cultures from which the middle ages drew its inspiration are represented: Cu Cuchulainn from the Celtic world, Apollonius of Tyre from Greek romance, Attila the Hun and Theodoric the Ostrogoth from the struggle of the Roman empire against the Barbarians. Each entry gives an outline of the story, how it spread through Europe, its modern retelling and appearances in art, and a selective bibliography."--Jacket.
Author: Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3385035554
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 526
Book Description
Luck of the Wolf
Author: Susan KrinardPublisher: HQN Books
ISBN: 1426874421
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 369
Book Description
Branded an outcast by the noble branch of his werewolf clan, Cort Renier had come to San Francisco seeking fortune—and revenge. What he found was a mysterious beauty who could not—or would not—reveal who she truly was. At first glance she seemed vulnerable and afraid, like so many girls caught up in the debauchery of the city's whiskey-soaked gambling dens. But one look into her stunning turquoise eyes and he knew he'd found the winning hand. Aria di Reinardus had reasons of her own for concealing her identity, but Cort's kisses were more than enough to convince her to go along with his plan to transform her into a missing heiress and return her to her "family." But they were not the only ones with secrets to keep and vengeance in mind, and they were about to discover that some destinies couldn't be outrun….
Percy Society
Author: Percy SocietyAberystwyth Studies
Author: Bulletin
Author: Ysengrimus
Author: NivardusPublisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9789004081031
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 600
Book Description
The "Ysengrimus" is the first fully-fledged medieval beast-epic, and the poem in which Reynard the Fox makes his first appearance on the stage of world literature. It thus occupies a key position in the long and fertile tradition of medieval beast-literature, but it also claims attention as a masterpiece in its own right, the work of one of the most daring and original satirists of the Middle Ages. Despite its importance, the "Ysengrimus" has been comparatively neglected because of its linguistic difficulties. Jill Mann eases these difficulties by presenting an English translation alongside the Latin text, and accompanying it with a detailed commentary. A full- length introduction offers an original account of the poem which shows how literary structure and historical dimensions are fused into an original satiric vision of compelling power. This book will not only interest medieval Latin specialists, but will make this major text accessible to those working on the related vernacular traditions. Its analysis of the poem's allusions to contemporary persons and events will also be of considerable interest to historians of twelfth-century Flanders.
The Comic Text
Author: Brian J. LevyPublisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004486054
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
This book offers a close analysis of the Old French fabliaux, that medieval corpus of short comic tales in narrative verse celebrated (sometimes notorious) for their irreverence and sexual content. It picks out certain key images - such as gambling, illness, and damnation - which develop into themes and motifs running through all the texts, and which add layers of ironic patterning to the essential subject-matter and narrative of each fabliau. These elements, in many respects the 'small print' of the joke, furnish the comic text with many rhythms and echoes, all contributing to the ludic, adversarial nature of the text. They are extremely flexible, serving as a rhetoric of depiction that extends from broad comic motif to the lightest triggering of a mocking smile. This volume will be of interest to all students of medieval culture, Old French literature, and the development of the short or comic narrative.
Encyclopaedia of Religion and Ethics
Author: James HastingsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Ethics
Languages : en
Pages : 1848
Book Description