Middle English Romance and the Craft of Memory

Name: Middle English Romance and the Craft of Memory
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By Jamie Mckinstry

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In Middle English romances many memories are created, stored, forgotten, and rediscovered by both the characters and audience; such memory work is not, however, either simple or obvious. This study examines the ways in which recollection is achieved and sustained through physical, cognitive, and interpretative challenges. It uses examples such as Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Sir Orfeo, and Emare, alongside romances by Chaucer and Malory, to investigate the genre's reliance on individual and collective memorial processes. The author argues that a tale's objects, places, dreams, discoveries, disguises, prophecies, and dramatic ironies influence that romance's essential memory work, which relies as much on creativity as it does accuracy. He also explores the imaginative crafts of memory that are employed by romances themselves. Dr Jamie McKinstry teaches in the Department of English Studies at Durham University, where he is a member of the Institute of Medieval and Early Modern Studies.

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Number of Pages:: 290
Release Date:: 2015-10-15
Publication Date:: 2015-09-17
Publisher:: D.S.Brewer
Languages:: Original: English
ISBN10:: 1843844176
ISBN13:: 9781843844174
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:: [email protected]
Weight:: 602 g
Height:: 161 cm
Width:: 240 cm
Thickness:: 20 cm

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