The Idea of Anglo-Saxon England in Middle English Romance

Name: The Idea of Anglo-Saxon England in Middle English Romance
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By Rouse, Robert Allen

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As the point of origin, both real and imagined, of English law and group identity, the Anglo-Saxon past was important in the construction of a post-Conquest English society that was both aware of, and placed great stock in, its Anglo-Saxon heritage; yet its depiction in post-Conquest literature has been very little studied. This book examines a wide range of sources [legal and historiographical as well as literary] in order to reveal a 'social construction' of Anglo-Saxon England that held a significant place in the literary and cultural imagination of the post-Conquest English. Using a variety of texts, but the Matter of England romances in particular, the author argues that they show a continued interest in the Anglo-Saxon past, from the localised East Sussex legend of King Alfred that underlies the twelfth-century Proverbs of Alfred, to the institutional interest in the Guy of Warwick narrative exhibited by the community of St. Swithun's Priory in Winchester during the fifteenth century; they are part of a continued cultural remembrance that encompasses chronicles, folk memories, and literature. Dr ROBERT ALLLEN ROUSE teaches in the Department of English, University of British Columbia.

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Number of Pages:: 190
Release Date:: 2005-06-30
Publication Date:: 2005-05-19
Publisher:: D.S.Brewer
Languages:: Original: English
ISBN10:: 1843840413
ISBN13:: 9781843840411
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:: [email protected]
Weight:: 455 g
Height:: 16.1 cm
Width:: 24 cm
Thickness:: 1.5 cm

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