Heroes and Anti-Heroes in Medieval Romance

Erscheinungsjahr 2012
ISBN: 978-1-84384-304-7
Verlag: D.S.Brewer

Buch, Englisch, Band 16, 258 Seiten, Print PDF, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 564 g

Reihe: Studies in Medieval Romance

Investigations into the heroic - or not - behaviour of the protagonists of medieval romance.

Medieval romances so insistently celebrate the triumphs of heroes and the discomfiture of villains that they discourage recognition of just how morally ambiguous, antisocial or even downright sinister their protagonists can be, and, correspondingly, of just how admirable or impressive their defeated opponents often are. This tension between the heroic and the antiheroic makes a major contribution to the dramatic complexity of medieval romance, but it is not an aspect of the genre that has been frequently discussed up until now. Focusing on fourteen distinct characters and character-types in medieval narrative, this book illustrates the range of different ways in which the imaginative power and appeal of romance-texts often depend on contradictions implicit in the very ideal of heroism.

Dr Neil Cartlidge is Lecturer in English at the University of Durham.

Contributors: Neil Cartlidge, Penny Eley, David Ashurst, Meg Lamont, Laura Ashe, Judith Weiss, Gareth Griffith, Kate McClune, Nancy Mason Bradbury, Ad Putter, Robert Rouse, Siobhain Bly Calkin, James Wade, Stephanie Vierick Gibbs Kamath

Autoren/Hrsg.

Cartlidge, Neil M R

Weitere Mitwirkende

Putter, Ad

Ashurst, David

Griffith, Gareth

Wade, James

Weiss, Judith

McClune, Kate

Ashe, Laura

Lamont, Margaret

Bradbury, Nancy Mason

Cartlidge, Neil M R

Eley, Penny

Rouse, Robert

Calkin, Siobhain Bly

Kamath, Stephanie A. Viereck Gibbs

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Englische Literatur
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literarische Stoffe, Motive und Themen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction - Neil Cartlidge
Turnus - Penny Eley
Alexander the Great - David Ashurst
Hengist - Margaret Lamont
Harold Godwineson - Laura Ashe
Mordred - Judith Weiss
Merlin - Gareth Griffith
Gawain - Kate McClune
Gamelyn - Nancy Mason Bradbury
Ralph the Collier - Ad Putter
The Anti-heroic Heart - Stephanie Kamath
Crusaders - Robert Rouse
Saracens - Siobhain Bly Calkin
Ungallant Knights - James Wade
Sons of Devils - Neil Cartlidge

Über Autor(innen)

Rouse, Robert
ROBERT ROUSE Associate Professor, Department of English at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.

Putter, Ad
Ad Putter is Professor of Medieval English at the University of Bristol, UK, co-director of Bristol's Centre for Medieval Studies, and Fellow of the British Academy. He is the author and editor of numerous books, with a particular interest in Medieval Romance texts and the works of the Gawain poet. He is currently leading a research project on the literary heritage of Anglo-Dutch relations.

Weiss, Judith
JUDITH WEISS is a Fellow of Robinson College, Cambridge, UK.

Cartlidge, Neil M R
NEIL CARTLIDGE is Professor in the Department of English Studies at the University of Durham, UK.

Cartlidge, Neil M R
NEIL CARTLIDGE is Professor in the Department of English Studies at the University of Durham, UK.

Ashe, Laura
LAURA ASHE is Professor of English at the University of Oxford and Fellow and Tutor at Worcester College, Oxford.