Read Middle English Marvels: Magic, Spectacle, and Morality in the Fourteenth Century

Middle English Marvels: Magic, Spectacle, and Morality in the Fourteenth Century

Tara Williams

4.9/5 (9249 ratings)

Description:This multidisciplinary volume illustrates how representations of magic in fourteenth-century romances link the supernatural, spectacle, and morality in distinctive ways.Supernatural marvels represented in vivid visual detail are foundational to the characteristic Middle English genres of romance and hagiography. In Middle English Marvels, Tara Williams explores the didactic and affective potential of secular representations of magic and shows how fourteenth-century English writers tested the limits of that potential. Drawing on works by Augustine, Gervase of Tilbury, Chaucer, and the anonymous poets of Sir Orfeo and Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, among others, Williams examines how such marvels might convey moral messages within and beyond the narrative. She analyzes examples from both highly canonical and more esoteric texts and examines marvels that involve magic and transformation, invoke visual spectacle, and invite moral reflection on how one should relate to others. Within this shared framework, Williams finds distinct concerns--chivalry, identity, agency, and language--that intersect with the marvelous in significant ways.Integrating literary and historical approaches to the study of magic, this volume convincingly shows how certain fourteenth-century texts eschewed the predominant trends and developed a new theory of the marvelous. Williams's engaging, erudite study will be of special interest to scholars of the occult, the medieval and early modern eras, and literature.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Middle English Marvels: Magic, Spectacle, and Morality in the Fourteenth Century. To get started finding Middle English Marvels: Magic, Spectacle, and Morality in the Fourteenth Century, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.

Pages: —

Format: PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition

Publisher: —

Release: —

ISBN: 0271081767

Description: This multidisciplinary volume illustrates how representations of magic in fourteenth-century romances link the supernatural, spectacle, and morality in distinctive ways.Supernatural marvels represented in vivid visual detail are foundational to the characteristic Middle English genres of romance and hagiography. In Middle English Marvels, Tara Williams explores the didactic and affective potential of secular representations of magic and shows how fourteenth-century English writers tested the limits of that potential. Drawing on works by Augustine, Gervase of Tilbury, Chaucer, and the anonymous poets of Sir Orfeo and Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, among others, Williams examines how such marvels might convey moral messages within and beyond the narrative. She analyzes examples from both highly canonical and more esoteric texts and examines marvels that involve magic and transformation, invoke visual spectacle, and invite moral reflection on how one should relate to others. Within this shared framework, Williams finds distinct concerns--chivalry, identity, agency, and language--that intersect with the marvelous in significant ways.Integrating literary and historical approaches to the study of magic, this volume convincingly shows how certain fourteenth-century texts eschewed the predominant trends and developed a new theory of the marvelous. Williams's engaging, erudite study will be of special interest to scholars of the occult, the medieval and early modern eras, and literature.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Middle English Marvels: Magic, Spectacle, and Morality in the Fourteenth Century. To get started finding Middle English Marvels: Magic, Spectacle, and Morality in the Fourteenth Century, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.

Special Offer | $0.00

Special Offer! | $0.00

Middle English Marvels: Magic, Spectacle, and Morality in the Fourteenth Century

Middle English Marvels: Magic, Spectacle, and Morality in the Fourteenth Century

More Books

Growing Up Aboriginal in Australia

Growing Up Aboriginal in Australia

From a Certain Point of View: Return of the Jedi (From a Certain Point of View, #3)

From a Certain Point of View: Return of the Jedi (From a Certain Point of View, #3)

Inventing Womanhood: Gender and Language in Later Middle English Writing (Interventions: New Studies Medieval Cult) by Tara Williams (2011-03-02)

Inventing Womanhood: Gender and Language in Later Middle English Writing (Interventions: New Studies Medieval Cult) by Tara Williams (2011-03-02)

Struggling Learners and Language Immersion Education: Research-Based, Practitioner-Informed Responses to Educators’ Top Questions

Struggling Learners and Language Immersion Education: Research-Based, Practitioner-Informed Responses to Educators’ Top Questions

Immersion Education: Practices, Policies, Possibilities. Edited by Diane J. Tedick, Donna Christian and Tara Williams Fortune

Immersion Education: Practices, Policies, Possibilities. Edited by Diane J. Tedick, Donna Christian and Tara Williams Fortune

Medical Spanish: A Pronto Reference & Study Guide by Tara Bradley Williams (2015-12-12)

Medical Spanish: A Pronto Reference & Study Guide by Tara Bradley Williams (2015-12-12)

The Complete Guide to Raising Chickens: Everything You Need to Know Explained Simply

The Complete Guide to Raising Chickens: Everything You Need to Know Explained Simply

¡A Conversar! Level 4 Student Workbook

¡A Conversar! Level 4 Student Workbook

Angel Friends

Angel Friends