Savage Economy: The Returns of Middle English Romance [1 ed.] 0268101183, 9780268101183

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Savage Economy: The Returns of Middle English Romance [1 ed.]
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In Savage Economy: The Returns of Middle English Romance, Walter Wadiak traces the evolution of the medieval English rom

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An examination of the depiction and function of memory in a variety of romances, including 'Troilus and Criseyde�

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The essays here reconsider the protean nature of Middle English romance. The contributors examine both the cultural unit

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As the point of origin, both real and imagined, of English law and group identity, the Anglo-Saxon past was important in

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Focusing on features of layout and decoration in manuscripts containing Middle English romances, Murray Evans discusses

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As the point of origin, both real and imagined, of English law and group identity, the Anglo-Saxon past was important in

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In both medieval and modern contexts, women who do not desire men invite awkward silences. Men's dissident sexual p

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Although English medieval minstrels performed gestes, a genre closely related to romance, often playing the harp or the

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The volume provides a wide-ranging account of Middle English, organized by linguistic level. Not only are the traditiona

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The volume provides a wide-ranging account of Middle English, organized by linguistic level. Not only are the traditiona

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