The Roman de toute chevalerie
Reading Alexander Romance in Late Medieval England
Lieferzeit: Bezug 3-5 I
ISBN-13:
9781487501891
Veröffentl:
2019
Erscheinungsdatum:
07.03.2019
Seiten:
272
Autor:
Charles Russell Stone
Gewicht:
578 g
Format:
239x163x23 mm
Sprache:
Deutsch
Beschreibung:
The medieval reception of Alexander the Great inspired a complicated literary corpus not simply because it involved so many source-texts and languages, but because it incorporated such diverse perspectives on the conqueror. Beginning with a discussion of the evolution of this corpus, this book examines the manuscripts, readership, and historical contexts of the earliest surviving Alexander romance in England, Thomas de Kent’s Anglo-Norman Roman de toute chevalerie.
As the first study of the manuscripts and readership of the earliest surviving romance of Alexander the Great in England, this book discusses each codex and its unique text informed by current attitudes towards Alexander and examines his reception as a model of imperial authority or failure.
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