The Sea and Medieval English Literature

Name: The Sea and Medieval English Literature
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By Sobecki, Sebastian I.

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As the first cultural history of the sea in medieval English literature, this book traces premodern myths of insularity from their Old English beginnings to Shakespeare's 'Tempest'. Beginning with a discussion of biblical, classical and pre-Conquest treatments of the sea, it investigates how such works as the Anglo-Norman 'Voyage of St Brendan', the Tristan romances, the chronicles of Matthew Paris, 'King Horn, Patience, The Book of Margery Kempe' and 'The Libelle of Englyshe Polycye' shape insular ideologies of Englishness. Whether it is Britain's privileged place in the geography of salvation or the political fiction of the idyllic island fortress, medieval English writers' myths of the sea betray their anxieties about their own insular identity; their texts call on maritime motifs to define England geographically and culturally against the presence of the sea. New insights from a range of fields, including jurisprudence, theology, the history of cartography and anthropology, are used to provide fresh readings of a wide range of both insular and continental writings.
SEBASTIAN I. SOBECKI is Assistant Professor in the Department of English at McGill University.

Product details

Edition:: illustrated
Number of Pages:: 218
Release Date:: 2008-01-17
Publication Date:: 2007-12-01
Publisher:: D.S.Brewer
Languages:: Original: English
ISBN10:: 1843841371
ISBN13:: 9781843841371
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:: [email protected]
Weight:: 496 g
Height:: 16.1 cm
Width:: 24 cm
Thickness:: 1.6 cm

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