Scott, Chaucer, and Medieval Romance

Scott, Chaucer, and Medieval Romance
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Publisher : University Press of Kentucky
Total Pages : 393
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ISBN-10 : 9780813186405
ISBN-13 : 0813186404
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Synopsis Scott, Chaucer, and Medieval Romance by : Jerome Mitchell

While the influence of Shakespeare on Sir Walter Scott has long been recognized, the importance of medieval literature in shaping his creative imagination has never before been examined in depth. Jerome Mitchell's new book fills this significant gap through a wide-ranging study of Scott's indebtedness to Chaucer and to medieval romance, especially the Middle English romances, for story-patterns, motifs, character types, style and structure, and detail. Mitchell establishes more completely and accurately than any previous critic the extent of Scott's knowledge of medieval literature. His examination of Scott's poetry, especially the long narrative poems, demonstrates their debt to Chaucer and medieval romance. The heart of the book is a detailed analysis of the Waverley Novels. Scott's debt to medieval literature, Mitchell shows, was vast, profound, and elemental; it is the single most important source area for the Waverley Novels, their warp and woof. Moreover, it is probably the key to Scott's immense appeal—the very dimension which enabled him to cast an everlasting spell on his contemporaries, even on such great men as Byron and Goethe, and which has charmed generations of readers to the present day. This pioneering book, based on extensive research in Scotland, including Sir Walter Scott's personal library, sheds new light on the narrative substance and texture of Scott's poems and novels. Both the general reader and the serious student will derive from it a more informed appreciation of Scott's impressive achievement.

South Atlantic Review

South Atlantic Review
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Publisher :
Total Pages : 480
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ISBN-10 : UOM:39015028802612
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Makers and Users of Medieval Books

Makers and Users of Medieval Books
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Publisher : Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Total Pages : 278
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ISBN-10 : 9781843843757
ISBN-13 : 1843843757
Rating : 4/5 (57 Downloads)

Synopsis Makers and Users of Medieval Books by : Carol M. Meale

Essays exploring different aspects of late medieval and early modern manuscript and book culture. Late medieval manuscripts and early modern print history form the focus of this volume. It includes new work on the compilation of some important medieval manuscript miscellanies and major studies of merchant patronage and of a newly revealed woman patron, alongside explorations of medieval texts and the post-medieval reception history of Langland, Chaucer and Nicholas Love. It thus pays a fitting tribute to the career of Professor A.S.G. Edwards, highlighting his scholarly interests and demonstrating the influence of his achievements. Carol M. Meale is Senior Research Fellow at the University of Bristol; the late Derek Pearsall was Professor Emeritus at Harvard University and Honorary Research Professor at the University of York. Contributors: Nicolas Barker, J.A. Burrow, A.I. Doyle, Martha W. Driver, Susanna Fein, Jane Griffiths, Lotte Hellinga, Alfred Hiatt, Simon Horobin, Richard Linenthal, Carol M. Meale, Orietta Da Rold, John Scattergood, Kathleen L. Scott, Toshiyuki Takamiya, John J. Thompson.

ZAA

ZAA
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Total Pages : 412
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ISBN-10 : UOM:39015067468077
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Rating : 4/5 (77 Downloads)

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The Living Middle Ages

The Living Middle Ages
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Publisher :
Total Pages : 392
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ISBN-10 : UOM:39015020741305
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Synopsis The Living Middle Ages by : Karl Heinz Göller

Poetica

Poetica
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Publisher :
Total Pages : 494
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ISBN-10 : STANFORD:36105123009388
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Rating : 4/5 (88 Downloads)

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Lore and Language

Lore and Language
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Total Pages : 590
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ISBN-10 : MINN:31951P00288220Z
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Annotated Chaucer Bibliography, 1986-1996

Annotated Chaucer Bibliography, 1986-1996
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Total Pages : 760
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ISBN-10 : UOM:39015056163879
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Synopsis Annotated Chaucer Bibliography, 1986-1996 by : Bege K. Bowers

"A compilation of the bibliographical information accumulated over eleven years (1986-1996) in the Annual Journal of the New Chaucer Society, Studies in the Age of Chaucer" -- Preface.