Books

9 results found
Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Language as the site of revolt in Medieval and Early Modern England Language as the site of revolt in Medieval and Early Modern England Mary-Catherine Bodden "This book has two objectives: to demonstrate that, despite extensive evidence indicating a wholesale suppression of early women's speech, women were actively engaged in cultural practices and speech… OL15901909W
Contextualizing the Muslim other in medieval Christian discourse Contextualizing the Muslim other in medieval Christian discourse Jerold C. Frakes "This volume broadens the perspective of recent work on the discourse of the Muslim Other in medieval Christendom by investigating pertinent texts, art, and artifacts in Armenian, Old Irish and Breto… OL15941755W
Crying in the Middle Ages Crying in the Middle Ages Elina Gertsman "Sacred and profane, public and private, emotive and ritualistic, internal and embodied, medieval weeping served as a culturally charged prism for a host of social, visual, cognitive, and linguistic … OL16168292W
Genealogies of fiction Genealogies of fiction Eleonora Stoppino "Genealogies of Fiction is a study of gender, dynastic politics, and intertextuality in medieval and Renaissance chivalric epic, focused on Ludovico Ariosto's Orlando furioso. Relying on the direct s… OL16176100W
The medieval Python The medieval Python Terry Jones,Robert F. Yeager,Toshiyuki Takamiya "The Medieval Python: Essays presented to Terry Jones on the Occasion of His Seventieth Birthday collects original essays by eighteen prominent medievalists in literature and history to celebrate the… OL16442315W
The Disney Middle Ages The Disney Middle Ages Tison Pugh,Susan Lynn Aronstein "The Disney Middle Ages: A Fairy-Tale and Fantasy Past examines the intersection between the products of the Walt Disney Company and popular culture's fascination with the Middle Ages. The Disney Mid… OL16672885W
Chaucer's Tale Chaucer's Tale Paul Strohm In 1386, Geoffrey Chaucer endured his worst year, but began his best poem. The father of English literature did not enjoy in his lifetime the literary celebrity that he has today—far from it. The mi… OL17072513W
Outsiders Outsiders Sylvia Huot ix, 348 pages ; 23 cm OL20471408W
An introductory grammar of Old English with an anthology of readings An introductory grammar of Old English with an anthology of readings R. D. Fulk "A guide to enable students to acquire sufficient command of Old English in one semester to allow them to read any text in the language, in either prose or verse"-- OL23194968W