| Description |
xii, 521 p. ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [467]-498) and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction: In the beginning was romance... -- Cannibalism, the First Crusade, and the genesis of medieval romance: Geoffrey of Monmouth's History of the kings of Britain -- The romance of England: Richard Coer de Lyon and the politics of race, religion, sexuality, and nation -- Warring against modernity: masculinity and chivalry in crisis; or, the alliterative Morte Arthure's romance anatomy of the Crusades -- Beauty and the East, a modern love story: women, children, and imagined communities in The man of law's tale and its others -- Eye on the world: Mandeville's pleasure zones; or, cartography, anthropology, and medieval travel romance. |
| Subject |
Romances, English -- History and criticism.
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English literature -- Middle English, 1100-1500 -- History and criticism.
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Politics and literature -- Great Britain -- History -- To 1500.
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Literature and society -- England -- History -- To 1500.
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Civilization, Medieval, in literature.
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Imperialism in literature.
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Crusades in literature.
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Culture in literature.
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Magic in literature.
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| ISBN |
0231125267 (cloth : alk. paper) |
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9780231125260 (cloth : alk. paper) |
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0231125275 (paper : alk. paper) |
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9780231125277 (paper : alk. paper) |
| Standard No. |
UKM bA3Y8680 |
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NLGGC 24748587X |
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