Heroes and Heroines in Medieval English Literature: A Festschrift Presented to Andr� Cr�pin on the Occasion of His 65th Birthday

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Andr Cr pin, head of the English faculty at the Sorbonne, has made a great contribution to medieval English studies in France and in Europe These studies in his honour reflect the wide range of his interests in Old and Middle English, from Beowulf to Malory.Their linking theme is the literary and linguistic evolution of the hero, from the classic expression of the Germanic code to the chivalry of the knights of the Round Table, from Beowulf to Chaucer s knight to Sir Lancelot Beowulf as archetypal hero is both the subject of and the concept behind than one study others, attempting to define heroism, grapple with the semantic problem posed by the absence of this word until very late in the medieval period and the very notion of heroism is questioned as the passive hero or anti hero emerges as a literary type, at the same time as the medieval consciousness of self developed.Contributors GUY BOURGUIN, LEO CARRUTHERS, PETER CLEMOES, ANDY ORCHARD, ERIC STANLEY, JULIETTE DOR, DEREK BREWER, TERENCE P DOLAN, JILL MANN, JOSSELINE BIBARD, JEAN JACQUES BLANCHOT, JAMES WIMSATT, TERENCE McCARTHY, GLORIA CIGMAN. Read Heroes and Heroines in Medieval English Literature: A Festschrift Presented to Andr� Cr�pin on the Occasion of His 65th Birthday author Leo Carruthers – kino-fada.fr

Heroes and Heroines in Medieval English Literature: A Festschrift Presented to Andr� Cr�pin on the Occasion of His 65th Birthday
  • English
  • 16 August 2018
  • Hardcover
  • 184 pages
  • 0859914151
  • Leo Carruthers
  • Heroes and Heroines in Medieval English Literature: A Festschrift Presented to Andr� Cr�pin on the Occasion of His 65th Birthday