Narrative Subversion in Medieval Literature - Tapa blanda

Risden, E.L.

 
9780786477784: Narrative Subversion in Medieval Literature
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ISBN 10: 0786477784 ISBN 13: 9780786477784
Editorial: McFarland, 2016

Sinopsis

A story that follows a simple trajectory is seldom worth telling. But the unexpected overturning of narrative progress creates complexity and interest, directing the reader’s attention to the most powerful elements of a story.

Exile, for example, upsets a protagonist’s hopes for a happy earthly life, emphasizing spiritual perception instead. Waking life interrupts dreams, just as dreams may redirect how one lives.

Focusing on medieval literature, this study explores how narrative subversion works in such well known stories as Beowulf, Piers Plowman, Le Morte D’Arthur, The Canterbury Tales, Troylus and Criseyde, "Voluspa" and other Old Norse sagas, Grail quest romances, and many others.

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Acerca del autor

E.L. Risden is a professor of English at St. Norbert College in De Pere, Wisconsin. He has published books and essays on medieval and Renaissance studies as well as poetry and fiction.

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Editorial
McFarland
Año de publicación
2016
Idioma
Inglés
ISBN 10 
0786477784
ISBN 13 
9780786477784
Encuadernación
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Número de páginas
194
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