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Medievalists have denied the historical existence of King Arthur for over 50 years. Arthur and the Languages of Britain demonstrates how linguistic evidence can be employed to see if the earliest hi……続きを見る

This book offers an accessible and concise introduction to the sagas of Icelanders, perfect for both general and academic readers. Authored by a recognized expert, it immerses readers in the sagas’ ……続きを見る

Reveals the role of Arthuriana in the racial logics of medieval Europe through an analysis of the construction of chivalric whiteness The Other Faces of Arthur reveals the role of Arthuriana in the ……続きを見る

Folkloric Horror in Medieval Literature: New Discussions and Approaches focuses on the medieval and early modern precursors of what is now frequently described as Folk Horror. Part of the argument s……続きを見る

In Boccaccio Defends Literature, Brenda Deen Schildgen contends that Giovanni Boccaccio’s significant contribution to literary history remains underappreciated. The book asserts that Boccaccio refut……続きを見る

At the end of the tenth-century English manuscript the Exeter Book, there is a collection of almost one hundred riddles. They are notable for many reasons, but one feature in particular has challeng……続きを見る

An Old Babylonian Version of the Gilgamesh Epic by Morris Jastrow and Albert Tobias Clay presents a scholarly examination of one of the world's oldest literary masterpieces. The Gilgamesh Epic, orig……続きを見る

Step into a world of intellectual exploration with the "Eclectic Magazine of Foreign Literature, Science, and Art, Volume XLI, No. 5 (May 1885)." This esteemed publication offers readers a curated s……続きを見る

Descubre el encanto del renacimiento español con Cincuenta y cuatro Canciones Españolas del siglo XVI: Cancionero de Uppsala de Rafael Mitjana, una recopilación exquisita que captura la esencia musi……続きを見る

Conforme à la majorité des plus récents travaux consacrés à l’hypertextualité, la dernière réévaluation en date de l’histoire du pastiche (Paul Aron, 2008) fait l’impasse sur la littérature du Moyen……続きを見る

A new account of premodern education that offered non-elite readers lessons in navigating the premodern marketplace Learning to Talk Shop explores the phrasebooks and guides to conversations that fl……続きを見る

This book explores the rich history and evolution of Italian lyric poetry, tracing its roots from the medieval period through the Renaissance and into the early modern era. Beginning with the founda……続きを見る

This book provides a comprehensive exploration of the classical literary and philosophical traditions and their profound influence on medieval thought and culture. Spanning from the preservation and……続きを見る

Transcribing a text within a Medieval manuscript was often not a culturally and ideologically neutral act. The lack of direct control by the authors over the circulation of their works allowed scrib……続きを見る

How beliefs about human and divine secrets informed medieval ideas about the mind and shaped the practices of literary interpretations What did it mean to keep a secret in early medieval England? It……続きを見る

Late-medieval European vernacular literature defined itself as the redeployment of classical and post-classical antecedents in new cultural coordinates. Many authors of narrative and poetic fiction ……続きを見る

Читатель всегда воспринимает классические тексты как данность, как будто та форма, в которой они возникли, ー единственно возможная. Я предлагаю читателю задаться интересным вопросом ー зачем была н……続きを見る

Les éloges collectifs de femmes, qui regroupent les recueils de femmes illustres et les apologies du sexe féminin, ont souvent été versés au compte de la « Querelle des femmes » vue comme un ensembl……続きを見る

Plus de cinq cents ans après l’invention de l’imprimerie par Gutenberg, nous sommes habitués à considérer comme une évidence le fait qu’un livre contienne une seule œuvre et qu’une œuvre remplisse u……続きを見る

Si le rire accompagne le roman tout au long de son aventure, c’est qu’il apparaît comme l’un des traits les plus sûrs par lesquels cet art protéiforme puisse être défini. Il paraît clair, en effet, ……続きを見る

A wide-ranging study of the rich questions raised by speaking infants in medieval French literature. Medieval literature is full of strange moments when infants (even fetuses) speak. In Out of the M……続きを見る

A unique study of the only physical manuscript containing Sir Gawain and the Green Knight as both a material and literary object. In this book, Arthur Bahr takes a fresh look at the four poems and t……続きを見る

Pendant plus de cinq siècles, l’objet qu’est le livre imprimé a conditionné notre manière de recevoir les textes et de penser la littérature. Toutefois, les pratiques numériques et les mutations des……続きを見る

La notion d’auteur est une énigme pour les disciplines littéraires. De nombreuses difficultés méthodologiques et théoriques liées au statut de l’auteur ont en effet pour origine la nature fuyante du……続きを見る

This book investigates the practice of mixing writing systems while composing a literary text. Through assessment of highly distinct writing contexts, it explores how the choice of script, in its ow……続きを見る

Abbreviating Middle English: Scribal practices, Visual Texts and Medieval Multimodalitiesinvestigates the changing dynamics of scribal abbreviating practices in a corpus of late Middle English manus……続きを見る

Religious letters played a fundamental role in shaping the intellectual, spiritual, and social landscape of the Middle Ages. As a primary means of communication among clergy, monastic communities, s……続きを見る

Dante Alighieri's Divine Comedy is one of the most revered works of Western literature, blending the poet's personal experiences with profound theological and philosophical insights. Written between……続きを見る

Dante Alighieri's Divine Comedy, written between 1308 and 1321, stands as one of the most monumental works in Western literature. To truly understand the depth of the Divine Comedy is to enter into ……続きを見る

Dante Alighieri's Divine Comedy is one of the greatest literary works ever written, and Paradiso, the third and final cantica, represents the culmination of his journey through the realms of the aft……続きを見る