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Pre-Owned Routledge Studies in...Beowulf s presence on the popular cultural radar has increased in the past two... Beowulf s presence on the popular cultural radar has increased in the past two decades coincident with cultural crisis and change. Why? By way of a fusion of cultural studies adaptation theory and monster theory Beowulf s Popular Afterlife examines... more
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Routledge Studies in Medieval ...The most remarkable feature of popular adaptations of the poem is that its mon... The most remarkable feature of popular adaptations of the poem is that its monsters frequently victims of organized militarism male aggression or social injustice are provided with strong motives for their retaliatory brutality. more
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Pre-Owned Routledge Studies in...Every human being knows that we are walking through life following trails whet... Every human being knows that we are walking through life following trails whether we are aware of them or not. Medieval poets from the anonymous composer of Beowulf to Marie de France Hartmann von Aue Gottfried von Strassburg and Guillaume de Lorris... more
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Pre-Owned Routledge Studies in...This book examines the intricate and unusual relationship between the sacred a... This book examines the intricate and unusual relationship between the sacred and secular spheres of English medieval culture positing that the assimilation of sacred and secular motifs could be in either direction or even in both directions. That is... more
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Pre-Owned Routledge Studies in...This book examines the sustained interest in legends of the pagan and peripher... This book examines the sustained interest in legends of the pagan and peripheral North tracing and analyzing the use of an out-of-Scandinavia legend (Scandinavia as an ancestral homeland) in a wide range of medieval texts from all over Europe with a... more
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Pre-Owned Cambridge Studies in...In the century before Chaucer a new language of political critique emerged. In... In the century before Chaucer a new language of political critique emerged. In political verse of the period composed in Anglo-Latin Anglo-Norman and Middle English poets write as if addressing the king himself drawing on their sense of the rights... more
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Pre-Owned Routledge Studies in...This important new contribution to the history of the body analyzes the role o... This important new contribution to the history of the body analyzes the role of filth as the material counterpart of sin in medieval thought. Using a wide range of texts including theology historical documents and literature from Augustine to... more
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Pre-Owned Routledge Studies in...Through close readings of five Italian collections of novellas written over a ... Through close readings of five Italian collections of novellas written over a 500-year period Martin Marafioti explores the literary tradition of storytelling and particularly its efficacy as a healing tool following traumatic visitations from the... more
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Routledge Studies in Medieval ...Only a highly comparative study of medieval literature can help us to comprehe... Only a highly comparative study of medieval literature can help us to comprehend how much fundamental ideas and concepts were shared throughout the entire period. The idea of the trail as an epistemological vehicle for the protagonists proves to be... more
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Routledge Studies in Medieval ...Only a highly comparative study of medieval literature can help us to comprehe... Only a highly comparative study of medieval literature can help us to comprehend how much fundamental ideas and concepts were shared throughout the entire period. The idea of the trail as an epistemological vehicle for the protagonists proves to be... more
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Pre-Owned Routledge Guides to ...Mary Shelley s Frankenstein is one of the most widely studied works of English... Mary Shelley s Frankenstein is one of the most widely studied works of English literature and Frankenstein s creature is a key figure in the popular imagination. This sourcebook examines Mary Shelley s novel within its literary and cultural contexts... more
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Pre-Owned Cambridge Studies in...A major study of the Divine Comedy this book offers an interesting perspective... A major study of the Divine Comedy this book offers an interesting perspective on Dante s representation of the afterlife. Alison Morgan departs from the conventional critical emphasis on Dante s place in relation to learned traditions by... more
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