Heroes and Heroines in Medieval English Literature

Name: Heroes and Heroines in Medieval English Literature
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By Leo Carruthers

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André Crépin, head of the English faculty at the Sorbonne, has made a great contribution to medieval English studies in France and in Europe. These studies in his honour reflect the wide range of his interests in Old and Middle English, from Beowulf to Malory. Their linking theme is the literary and linguistic evolution of the hero, from the classic expression of the Germanic code to the chivalry of the knights of the Round Table -from Beowulf to Chaucer's knight to Sir Lancelot. Beowulf as archetypal hero is both the subject of and the concept behind more than one study; others, attempting to define heroism, grapple with the semantic problem posed by the absence of this word until very late in the medieval period; and the very notion of heroism is questioned as the passive hero or anti-hero emerges as a literary type, at the same time as the medieval consciousness of self developed. Contributors: GUY BOURGUIN, LEO CARRUTHERS, PETER CLEMOES, ANDY ORCHARD, ERIC STANLEY, JULIETTE DOR, DEREK BREWER, TERENCE P. DOLAN, JILL MANN, JOSSELINE BIBARD, JEAN-JACQUES BLANCHOT, JAMES WIMSATT, TERENCE McCARTHY and GLORIA CIGMAN

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Number of Pages:: 186
Release Date:: 1994-10-01
Publication Date:: 1994-10-20
Publisher:: D.S.Brewer
Languages:: Original: English
ISBN10:: 0859914151
ISBN13:: 9780859914154
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:: [email protected]
Weight:: 510 g
Height:: 175 cm
Width:: 250 cm
Thickness:: 15 cm

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