Flynn The narrative grotesque in medieval Scottish poetry

1. Auflage 2022
ISBN: 978-1-5261-6082-9
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: PC/MAC/eReader/Tablet

E-Book, Englisch, 272 Seiten

Reihe: Manchester Medieval Literature and Culture

The narrative grotesque introduces a new framework for reading medieval texts that rupture conventional poetic boundaries and create unsettling fusions of poetic forms and narratological subjectivities.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Flynn, Caitlin

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Englische Literatur
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturwissenschaft: Lyrik und Dichter
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Europäische Literatur

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction: the narrative grotesque
Part I: The Palyce of Honour, Gavin Douglas
1 ‘Overset with fantasyis’: grotesquing the dream vision
2 Identity crisis: temporal dissonance and narrative voice
3 Heavenly harmonies: classical and Christian divinity in Palyce
Part II: The Tretis of the Tua Mariit Wemen and the Wedo, William Dunbar
4 Making demandes: frame, form, and narratorial persona
5 Flyte of fancy: the first wife’s Response
6 Lovesick or sick of love?: The second wife’s Response
7 Bad romance: the widow as venerean preacher
Conclusion
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Caitlin Flynn is Associate Lecturer in Medieval Literature at the University of St Andrews