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14 produkter
Legend of Guy of Warwick
Häftad, 2018
993 kr
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This lavishly illustrated study is a comprehensive literary and social history which offers a record of changing genres, manuscript/book production, and cultural, political, and religious emphases by examining one of the most long lived popular legends in England. Guy of Warwick became part of …
Chaucer as Children's Literature
Retellings from the Victorian and Edwardian Eras
Häftad, 2004
429 kr
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Although Geoffrey Chaucer is the major author for Middle English studies, he often receives little notice in studies of children's literature. However, there is a fascinating relationship between Chaucer and children's interests.This book examines in detail Chaucer stories retold for children--both …
Shakespeare as Children's Literature
Edwardian Retellings in Words and Pictures
Häftad, 2008
429 kr
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Although William Shakespeare is widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language, he traditionally receives little notice in studies of children's literature. However, there is a fascinating relationship between Shakespeare and children's interests, and the Bard's works have been …
Legend of Guy of Warwick
Inbunden, 1995
3514 kr
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This lavishly illustrated study is a comprehensive literary and social history which offers a record of changing genres, manuscript/book production, and cultural, political, and religious emphases by examining one of the most long lived popular legends in England. Guy of Warwick became part of …
Legend of Guy of Warwick
E-bok, 2020
1175 kr
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This lavishly illustrated study is a comprehensive literary and social history which offers a record of changing genres, manuscript/book production, and cultural, political, and religious emphases by examining one of the most long lived popular legends in England. Guy of Warwick became part of …
Legend of Guy of Warwick
E-bok, 2020
1138 kr
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This lavishly illustrated study is a comprehensive literary and social history which offers a record of changing genres, manuscript/book production, and cultural, political, and religious emphases by examining one of the most long lived popular legends in England. Guy of Warwick became part of …
Shakespeare, Catholicism, and Romance
Inbunden, 2015
2275 kr
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This book assesses William Shakespeare in the context of political and religious crisis, paying particular attention to his Catholic connections, which have heretofore been underplayed by much Protestant interpretation. Bourgeois Richmond’s most important contribution is to study the genre of …
Shakespeare, Catholicism, and Romance
E-bok, 2015
2429 kr
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This book assesses William Shakespeare in the context of political and religious crisis, paying particular attention to his Catholic connections, which have heretofore been underplayed by much Protestant interpretation. Bourgeois Richmond''s most important contribution is to study the genre of …
Faerie Queene as Children's Literature
Victorian and Edwardian Retellings in Words and Pictures
Häftad, 2016
560 kr
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Edmund Spenser's vast epic poem The Faerie Queene is the most challenging masterpiece in early modern literature and is praised as the work most representative of the Elizabethan age. In it he fused traditions of medieval romance and classical epic, his religious and political allegory creating a …
Don Quixote as Children's Literature
A Tradition in English Words and Pictures
Häftad, 2018
766 kr
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Cervantes is regarded as the author of the first novel and the inventor of fiction. From its publication in 1605, Don Quixote--recently named the world's best book by authors from 54 countries--has been widely translated and imitated. Among its less acknowledged imitations are stories in children's …
Nordic Sagas as Children's Literature
Victorian and Edwardian Retellings in Words and Pictures
Häftad, 2023
691 kr
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This book examines translations of Icelandic sagas and the Victorian and Edwardian children's literature they inspired, some of which are canonical while others are forgotten. It covers authors like William Morris, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Thomas Gray, Walter Scott, H. Rider Haggard, W.H. Auden, …
Chivalric Stories as Children's Literature
Edwardian Retellings in Words and Pictures
Häftad, 2014
599 kr
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Knights and ladies, giants and dragons, tournaments, battles, quests and crusades are commonplace in stories for children. This book examines how late Victorians and Edwardians retold medieval narratives of chivalry--epics, romances, sagas, legends and ballads. Stories of Beowulf, Arthur, Gawain, …
