Emotions in Medieval Arthurian Literature by Jane Gilbert

Emotions in Medieval Arthurian Literature by Jane Gilbert

Literary texts complicate our understanding of medieval emotions; they not only represent characters experiencing emotion and reaction emotionally to the behaviour of others within the text, but also evoke and play upon emotion in the audiences which heard these texts performed or read. The presentation and depiction of emotion in the single most prominent and influential story matter of the Middle Ages, the Arthurian legend, is the subject of this volume. Covering texts written in English, French, Dutch, German, Latin and Norwegian, the essays presented here explore notions of embodiment, the affective quality of the construction of mind, and the intermediary role of the voice as both an embodied and consciously articulating emotion. Frank Brandsma teaches Comparative Literature (Middle Ages) at Utrecht University; Carolyne Larrington is a Fellow in medieval English at St John's College, Oxford; Corinne Saunders is Professor of Medieval Literature in the Department of English Studies and Co-Director of the Centre for Medical Humanities at the University of Durham. Contributors: Anne Baden-Daintree, Frank Brandsma, Helen Cooper, Anatole Pierre Fuksas, Jane Gilbert, Carolyne Larrington, Andrew Lynch, Raluca Radulescu, Sif Rikhardsdottir, Corinne Saunders,

[Works] admirably to replace reflexive responses to romance literature and the culture that produced it with informed understanding, illuminating both the past and the present* JOURNAL OF ENGLISH AND GERMANIC PHILOLOGY *
The essays . . . offer groundbreaking interpretations of medieval representations of emotion. * BRITISH JOURNAL FOR THE HISTORY OF SCIENCE *
[T]his collection serves as a perfect springboard for more research on emotion in Arthurian literature, medieval and especially post-medieval. Highly recommended. * CHOICE *

CAROLYNE LARRINGTON is Emerita Professor of medieval European literature at the University of Oxford and Emerita Research Fellow in medieval English literature at St John's College, Oxford. Corinne Saunders is Professor of Medieval Literature at the Department of English Studies, University of Durham. CAROLYNE LARRINGTON is Emerita Professor of medieval European literature at the University of Oxford and Emerita Research Fellow in medieval English literature at St John's College, Oxford. Corinne Saunders is Professor of Medieval Literature at the Department of English Studies, University of Durham. JANE GILBERT is Professor of Medieval Literature and Critical Theory at University College London, UK. Dr Raluca Radulescu is Senior Lecturer in Medieval Literature, Bangor University Sif Rikhardsdottir is Professor and Chair of Comparative Literature at the University of Iceland.

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ISBN 13	9781843845003
ISBN 10	1843845008
Title	Emotions in Medieval Arthurian Literature
Author	Frank Brandsma
Series	Arthurian Studies
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Year published	2018-04-20
Number of pages	221
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