As duchess of Brittany [1491-1514] and twice queen of France [1491-98; 1498-1514], Anne de Bretagne set a benchmark by which to measure the status of female authority in Europe at the dawn of the Renaissance. Although at times a traditional political pawn, when men who ruled her…
Nigel Bryant presents the Grail story, constructed from the principal motifs and narrative strands of all the original Grail romances.
"Arthurian romance flourished in medieval Germany, but the preeminence of Wolfram von Eschenbach has perhaps overshadowed some of his successors. This book focuses on Wirnt von Gravenberg's Wigalois, the later thirteenth-century Arthurian romance. It argues that whereas authors …
Reappraisal of Wirnt von Gravenberg's <i>Wigalois</i>, showing how it confronts and takes issue with - rather than simply imitating - earlier German Arthurian romance.
Reappraisal of Wirnt von Gravenberg's Wigalois, showing how it confronts and takes issue with - rather than simply imitating - earlier German Arthurian romance.
Reappraisal of Wirnt von Gravenberg's <i>Wigalois</i>, showing how it confronts and takes issue with - rather than simply imitating - earlier German Arthurian romance.
Reappraisal of Wirnt von Gravenberg's Wigalois, showing how it confronts and takes issue with - rather than simply imitating - earlier German Arthurian romance.
These essays explore the ways in which Dickens' vision is both so much of its time, and yet has so much reasonance for today.
These essays explore the ways in which Dickens' vision is both so much of its time, and yet has so much reasonance for today.
These essays explore the ways in which Dickens' vision is both so much of its time, and yet has so much reasonance for today.
"The scale of the 2012 bicentenary celebrations of Dickens's birth is testimony to his status as one of the most globally popular literary authors the world has ever seen. Yet Dickens has also become associated in the public imagination with a particular version of the Victorian…