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  1. Christianity and romance in medieval England
    Contributor: Field, Rosalind (Publisher); Hardman, Phillipa (Publisher); Sweeney, Michelle (Publisher)
    Published: 2010
    Publisher:  D.S. Brewer, Cambridge

    Essays examining the genre of medieval romance in its cultural Christian context, bringing out its chameleon-like character. The relationship between the Christianity of medieval culture and its most characteristic narrative, the romance, is complex... more

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    Essays examining the genre of medieval romance in its cultural Christian context, bringing out its chameleon-like character. The relationship between the Christianity of medieval culture and its most characteristic narrative, the romance, is complex and the modern reading of it is too often confused. Not only can it be difficult to negotiate the distant, sometimes alien concepts of religious cultures of past centuries in a modern, secular, multi-cultural society, but there is no straightforward Christian context of Middle English romance - or of medieval romance in general, although this volume focuses on the romances of England. Medieval audiences had apparently very different expectations and demands of their entertainment: some looking for, and evidently finding, moral exempla and analogues of biblical narratives, others secular, even sensational, entertainment of a type condemned by moralising voices. The essays collected here show how the romances of medieval England engage with its Christian culture. Topics include the handling of material from pre-Christian cultures, classical and Celtic, the effect of the Crusades, the meaning of chivalry, and the place of women in pious romances. Case studies, including Sir Gawain and the Green Knight and Malory's Morte Darthur, offer new readings and ideas for teaching romance to contemporary students. They do not present a single view of a complex situation, but demonstrate the importance of reading romances with anawareness of the knowledge and cultural capital represented by Christianity for its original writers and audiences. Contributors: HELEN PHILLIPS, STEPHEN KNIGHT, PHILLIPA HARDMAN, MARIANNE AILES, RALUCA L. RADULESCU, CORINNE SAUNDERS, K.S. WHETTER, ANDREA HOPKINS, ROSALIND FIELD, DEREK BREWER, D. THOMAS HANKS, MICHELLE SWEENEY

     

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    Contributor: Field, Rosalind (Publisher); Hardman, Phillipa (Publisher); Sweeney, Michelle (Publisher)
    Language: English
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    Format: Online
    ISBN: 9781846157974
    RVK Categories: HH 4156
    Subjects: Romances, English / History and criticism; Christianity in literature; Christianity and literature / England / History / To 1500; Romance; Christentum <Motiv>; Mittelenglisch
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  2. Christianity and romance in medieval England
    Contributor: Field, Rosalind (HerausgeberIn); Hardman, Phillipa (HerausgeberIn); Sweeney, Michelle (HerausgeberIn)
    Published: 2010
    Publisher:  D.S. Brewer, Cambridge ;

    Essays examining the genre of medieval romance in its cultural Christian context, bringing out its chameleon-like character. The relationship between the Christianity of medieval culture and its most characteristic narrative, the romance, is complex... more

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    Essays examining the genre of medieval romance in its cultural Christian context, bringing out its chameleon-like character. The relationship between the Christianity of medieval culture and its most characteristic narrative, the romance, is complex and the modern reading of it is too often confused. Not only can it be difficult to negotiate the distant, sometimes alien concepts of religious cultures of past centuries in a modern, secular, multi-cultural society, but there is no straightforward Christian context of Middle English romance - or of medieval romance in general, although this volume focuses on the romances of England. Medieval audiences had apparently very different expectations and demands of their entertainment: some looking for, and evidently finding, moral exempla and analogues of biblical narratives, others secular, even sensational, entertainment of a type condemned by moralising voices. The essays collected here show how the romances of medieval England engage with its Christian culture. Topics include the handling of material from pre-Christian cultures, classical and Celtic, the effect of the Crusades, the meaning of chivalry, and the place of women in pious romances. Case studies, including Sir Gawain and the Green Knight and Malory's Morte Darthur, offer new readings and ideas for teaching romance to contemporary students. They do not present a single view of a complex situation, but demonstrate the importance of reading romances with anawareness of the knowledge and cultural capital represented by Christianity for its original writers and audiences. Contributors: HELEN PHILLIPS, STEPHEN KNIGHT, PHILLIPA HARDMAN, MARIANNE AILES, RALUCA L. RADULESCU, CORINNE SAUNDERS, K.S. WHETTER, ANDREA HOPKINS, ROSALIND FIELD, DEREK BREWER, D. THOMAS HANKS, MICHELLE SWEENEY

     

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    Source: Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin
    Contributor: Field, Rosalind (HerausgeberIn); Hardman, Phillipa (HerausgeberIn); Sweeney, Michelle (HerausgeberIn)
    Language: English
    Media type: Ebook
    Format: Online
    ISBN: 9781846157974; 9781843842194
    Series: Christianity and culture : issues in teaching and research
    Subjects: Romances, English; Christianity in literature; Christianity and literature
    Scope: 1 online resource (xxi, 204 pages), digital, PDF file(s).
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  3. Christianity and romance in medieval England
    Contributor: Field, Rosalind (HerausgeberIn); Hardman, Phillipa (HerausgeberIn); Sweeney, Michelle (HerausgeberIn)
    Published: 2010
    Publisher:  D.S. Brewer, Cambridge ;

    Essays examining the genre of medieval romance in its cultural Christian context, bringing out its chameleon-like character. The relationship between the Christianity of medieval culture and its most characteristic narrative, the romance, is complex... more

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    Essays examining the genre of medieval romance in its cultural Christian context, bringing out its chameleon-like character. The relationship between the Christianity of medieval culture and its most characteristic narrative, the romance, is complex and the modern reading of it is too often confused. Not only can it be difficult to negotiate the distant, sometimes alien concepts of religious cultures of past centuries in a modern, secular, multi-cultural society, but there is no straightforward Christian context of Middle English romance - or of medieval romance in general, although this volume focuses on the romances of England. Medieval audiences had apparently very different expectations and demands of their entertainment: some looking for, and evidently finding, moral exempla and analogues of biblical narratives, others secular, even sensational, entertainment of a type condemned by moralising voices. The essays collected here show how the romances of medieval England engage with its Christian culture. Topics include the handling of material from pre-Christian cultures, classical and Celtic, the effect of the Crusades, the meaning of chivalry, and the place of women in pious romances. Case studies, including Sir Gawain and the Green Knight and Malory's Morte Darthur, offer new readings and ideas for teaching romance to contemporary students. They do not present a single view of a complex situation, but demonstrate the importance of reading romances with anawareness of the knowledge and cultural capital represented by Christianity for its original writers and audiences. Contributors: HELEN PHILLIPS, STEPHEN KNIGHT, PHILLIPA HARDMAN, MARIANNE AILES, RALUCA L. RADULESCU, CORINNE SAUNDERS, K.S. WHETTER, ANDREA HOPKINS, ROSALIND FIELD, DEREK BREWER, D. THOMAS HANKS, MICHELLE SWEENEY

     

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    Source: Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin
    Contributor: Field, Rosalind (HerausgeberIn); Hardman, Phillipa (HerausgeberIn); Sweeney, Michelle (HerausgeberIn)
    Language: English
    Media type: Ebook
    Format: Online
    ISBN: 9781846157974; 9781843842194
    Series: Christianity and culture : issues in teaching and research
    Subjects: Romances, English; Christianity in literature; Christianity and literature
    Scope: 1 online resource (xxi, 204 pages), digital, PDF file(s).
    Notes:

    Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 02 Mar 2023)