England and Bohemia in the Age of Chaucer

Inbunden, Engelska, 2023

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Beskrivning

New essays examining Bohemia as a key European context for understanding Chaucer's poetry. Chaucer never went to Bohemia but Bohemia came to him when, in 1382, King Richard II of England married Anne, daughter of the Holy Roman Emperor, Charles IV. Charles's splendid court in Prague was renowned across Europe for its patronage of literature, art and architecture, and Anne and her entourage brought with them some of its glamour and allure - their fashions, extravagance and behaviour provoking comment from English chroniclers. For Chaucer, a poet and diplomat affiliated to Richard's court, Anne was more muse than patron, her influence embedded in a range of his works, including the Parliament of Fowls, Troilus and Criseyde, the Legend of Good Women and Canterbury Tales. This volume shows Bohemia to be a key European context, alongside France and Italy, for understanding Chaucer's poetry, providing a wide perspective on the nature of cultural exchange between England and Bohemia in the later fourteenth century. The contributors consider such matters as court culture and politics, the writings of Richard Rolle, artistic style, Troy stories, historiographic writing and travel narrative; they highlight the debt Chaucer owed to Bohemian culture, and the affinities between English and Bohemian literary production, whether in the use of Petrarch's tale of Griselde, the iconography of the tapster figure, or satires on the Passion of Christ.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2023-09-05
Mått:156 x 234 x 21 mm
Vikt:531 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Chaucer Studies
Antal sidor:302
Förlag:Boydell & Brewer Ltd
ISBN:9781843845799

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Peter Brown is Professor Emeritus in the School of English at the University of Kent. Jan Čermák is professor of English in the Faculty of Arts at Charles University, Prague. JULIA BOFFEY is Professor of Medieval Studies in the Department of English at Queen Mary University of London. A. S. G. Edwards is Honorary Professor of Medieval Manuscripts at the University of Kent at Canterbury.

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Abstracts precede each essay-helpful to teachers and students interested in the topics covered here. The bibliography and index provided here are added bonuses to this collection of essays.

Innehållsförteckning

List of IllustrationsList of ContributorsAcknowledgementsAbbreviations Introduction, Peter Brown and Jan ČermákLines of Communication1: Richard II, Queen Anne, Bohemia: Marriage, Culture and Politics Michael Bennett2: Recommended Reading: Richard Rolle in BohemiaMichael Van Dussen3: The Golden Book of the Knight Wenceslas: Travelling, Piety and Diplomacy in Late-Medieval Europe Marek SuchýCultural Analogues4: Making Sense of the Past: Czech and English Vernacular: Histories in the Fourteenth CenturyHelena Znojemská5: Beyond Nations: Translating Troy in the Middle AgesVenetia Bridges6: Mock Passions in England and BohemiaLucie Doležalová7: The Evil Tale of Evil Briselda: Griselda's Wicked CounterpartKlára Petříková8: The Image of the Tapster in England and BohemiaJan Dienstbier9: Bohemian and English Painting in the Last Decades of the Fourteenth Century: Tracing the Bohemian InfluenceLenka PanuškováRethinking Queen Anne10: Contextualizing the Legend of Good Women: Some Possible Bohemian PerspectivesJulia Boffey and A. S. G. Edwards11: Humility and Empire: Anne of Bohemia, Chaucer and the Virgin MaryDavid WallaceGeneral Bibliography Index