Author: Alice Walworth GrahamPublisher: London : Eyre & Spottiswoode
ISBN:
Category : English fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 360
Book Description
Royal succession in 14th century England. A romance of the time of Edward 2d.
The Vows of the Peacock
Author: Alice Walworth GrahamPublisher: London : Eyre & Spottiswoode
ISBN:
Category : English fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 360
Book Description
Royal succession in 14th century England. A romance of the time of Edward 2d.
Images, Texts, and Marginalia in a "Vows of the Peacock" Manuscript (New York, Pierpont Morgan Library MS G24)
Author: Domenic LeoPublisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004250832
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 445
Book Description
The "Vows of the Peacock" - written in 1312 and dedicated to Thibaut de Bar, bishop of Liège - recounts how Alexander the Great comes to the aid of a family of aristocrats threatened by Indians. The poem remained popular throughout the fourteenth century and was soon followed by two sequels. Twenty-six illuminated manuscripts constitute part of a catalogue and concordance of all Peacock manuscripts. One of the most provocative, (PML, MS G24), has twenty-two miniatures which illustrate chivalry and courtly love, as epitomized in the text. An unusually high number of scurrilous marginalia, however, surround them. An interdisciplinary exploration of iconography, reception, image-text-marginalia dynamics, and context reveals their ultimate polysemy as scatological comedians and serious harbingers of sin.
Middle English Literature
Author: Charles William DunnPublisher: Psychology Press
ISBN: 9780824052973
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 584
Book Description
First Published in 1990. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
The Medieval Romance of Alexander
Author: Jean WauquelinPublisher: DS Brewer
ISBN: 1843843323
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 326
Book Description
The figure of Alexander the Great haunted the medieval imagination - as much as Arthur, as much as Charlemagne. His story was translated more often in medieval Europe than any work except the Gospels. Yet only small sections of the Alexander Romance have been translated into modern French, and Nigel Bryant's is the first translation into English. The Deeds and Conquests of Alexander the Great is Jehan Wauquelin's superb compendium, written for the Burgundian court in the mid-fifteenth century, which draws together all the key elements of the Alexandrian tradition.With great clarity and intelligence Wauquelin produced a redaction of all the major Alexander romances of the twelfth, thirteenth and fourteenth centuries - including the verse Roman d'Alexandre, The Vows of the Peacock and La Venjance Alixandre - to tell the whole story of Alexander's miraculous birth and childhood, his conquests of Persia and India, his battles with fabulous beasts and outlandish peoples, his journeys in the sky and under the sea, his poisoning at Babylon and the vengeance taken by his son. This is an accomplished and exciting work by a notable writer at the Burgundian court who perfectly understood the appeal of the great conqueror to ambitious dukes intent upon extending their dominions. Nigel Bryant has translated five major Arthurian romances from medieval French, including Perceforest in which Alexander features prominently. He has also translated the fourteenth-century chronicles of Jean le Bel.
The Metropolitan Magazine
Author: Loyola's Acts
Author: Marjorie O'Rourke BoylePublisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 0520320905
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 292
Book Description
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 1997.
Portfolio and Companion to the Select Circulating Library
Author: All the Year Round
Author: Runnymede and Lincoln fair
Author: John George EdgarPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Civil war
Languages : en
Pages : 398
Book Description
Author: