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Reimagining Shakespeare`s Playhouse - Early Modern Staging Conventions in the Twentieth Century by Joe Falocco
RRP: $178.50Booksplease Price: $172.31An examination of the recreation of Renaissance staging traditions in modern performances. `Provocative, very readable, and extremely widely researched; it will be an important intervention in... -
Restoring Creation - The Natural World in the Anglo-Saxon Saints` Lives of Cuthbert and Guthlac by Britton Elliott Brooks
RRP: $199.50Booksplease Price: $191.90An investigation into two important Saints Lives provides a window into the Anglo-Saxon perception of the non-human world. The question of the relationship between humanity and the non-human world... -
A Critical Companion to John Skelton by Sebastian Sobecki
RRP: $178.50Booksplease Price: $171.68Introduces Skelton and his work to readers unfamiliar with the poet, gathers together the vibrant strands of existing research, and opens up new avenues for future studies. John Skelton is a... -
Middle English Lyrics: New Readings of Short Poems Julia Boffey 9781843845928
Booksplease Price: $57.96A collection attesting to the richness and lasting appeal of these short forms of Middle English verse. The body of short Middle English poems conventionally known as lyrics is characterized by... -
The Ballad and its Pasts - Literary Histories and the Play of Memory by David Atkinson
RRP: $178.50Booksplease Price: $172.31A new approach to the mysterious ballads, and their relationship with the past. Katharine Briggs Award 2018: Runner Up The ballad genre, and its material, are frequently backward-looking in... -
Middle English Lyrics - New Readings of Short Poems by Julia Boffey 9781843844976
RRP: $199.50Booksplease Price: $191.90A collection attesting to the richness and lasting appeal of these short forms of Middle English verse. The body of short Middle English poems conventionally known as lyrics is characterized by... -
Arthurian Literature XXXIV Elizabeth Archibald 9781843844839
RRP: $178.50Booksplease Price: $171.68The continued influence and significance of the legend of Arthur are demonstrated by the articles collected in this volume. The enduring appeal and rich variety of the Arthurian legend are once... -
William Morris`s Utopia of Strangers - Victorian Medievalism and the Ideal of Hospitality by Marcus Waithe 9781843840886
Booksplease Price: $202.46William Morris's conception of hospitality as a form of political tolerance is surveyed within the context of Victorian medievalism. It is commonly argued that William Morris's notion of the good... -
Birds in Medieval English Poetry: Metaphors, Realities, Transformations Michael J. Warren (Royalty Account) 9781843845911
Booksplease Price: $57.96First full-length study of birds and their metamorphoses as treated in a wide range of medieval poetry, from the Anglo-Saxons to Chaucer and Gower. Birds featured in many aspects of medieval... -
Chaucer`s Narrators by David Lawton
RRP: $178.50Booksplease Price: $171.68The book begins with a brief prefatory discussion of its relation to structuralist and post-structuralist criticism. The first chapter, `Apocryphal Voices', surveys the basis of modern critical... -
Studies in Medievalism XXX - Politics and Medievalism (Studies) II by Karl Fugelso 9781843845881
RRP: $199.50Booksplease Price: $191.27Essays on the post-modern reception and interpretation of the Middle Ages, This volume continues the theme of its predecessor, addressing how the Middle Ages have been invoked to score political... -
King Arthur in America by Alan Lupack 9780859916301
Booksplease Price: $82.17The first full-length study to focus exclusively on American reinterpretations of the Arthurian legends. The Arthurian legends have had an immense and enduring appeal in America, influencing both... -
The Gentry Context for Malory`s Morte Darthur by Raluca L. Radulescu
Booksplease Price: $201.83Morte Darthur is investigated for its reflection of the contemporary political concerns Malory shared with the gentry class for whom he wrote. This book sets Malory's Morte Darthur in the context... -
Introduction to Chaucerian English by Arthur O. Sandved
RRP: $178.50Booksplease Price: $171.68There is fairly general agreement that the modern reader's appreciation of Chaucer's writings can be enhanced by providing the reader with guides to `Chaucerian background' - literary, historical and... -
Charles d'Orléans' English Aesthetic: The Form, Poetics, and Style of Fortunes Stabilnes by R.D. Perry
RRP: $199.50Booksplease Price: $191.90New investigations into Charles d'Orleans' under-rated poem, its properties and its qualities. The compilation Fortunes Stabilnes, the English poetry Charles d'Orleans wrote in the course of his... -
Pilgrimage in Medieval English Literature, 700-1500 by Dr. Dee Dyas
RRP: $199.50Booksplease Price: $191.90The meaning of pilgrimage and its development over 800 years, reflected in contemporary writings. Pilgrims are so frequently encountered in the pages of Middle English literature that it is easy... -
Chaucer`s Boccaccio - Sources for Troilus and the Knight`s and Franklin`s Tales by N.R. Havely 9780859913492
RRP: $52.48Booksplease Price: $40.36The notes are a model of economy... The introduction is quite superb... The volume as a whole is a worthy addition to a series which has already begun to establish high expectations. TIMES HIGHER... -
Studies in Medievalism IV - Medievalism in England by Leslie J. Workman 9780859913485
RRP: $199.50Booksplease Price: $192.51This volume is devoted to medievalism in England, including: The Antiquarian Impulse in England, 1500-1730, The Two Noble Kinsmen and the Problem of Chivalry, From Medievalism to Historicism,... -
Heroes and Anti-Heroes in Medieval Romance by Neil Romancege
Booksplease Price: $57.96Investigations into the heroic - or not - behaviour of the protagonists of medieval romance. Medieval romances so insistently celebrate the triumphs of heroes and the discomfiture of villains that... -
The Transmission of Medieval Romance - Metres, Manuscripts and Early Prints by Ad Putter
RRP: $115.50Booksplease Price: $113.76The genre of medieval romance examined through the lens of their physical and their metrical forms. Romances were immensely popular with medieval readers, as evidenced by their ubiquity in... -
Expectations of Romance - The Reception of a Genre in Medieval England by Melissa Furrow
RRP: $199.50Booksplease Price: $191.90What did medieval readers think of romance? Their attitudes to it, and the implications for the genre, are explored in this provocative study. An important and powerful meditation on romance... -
A Companion to the Early Printed Book in Britain, 1476-1558 by Vincent Gillespie 9781843845362
Booksplease Price: $70.39First full-scale guide to the origins and development of the early printed book, and the issues associated with it. The history of the book is now recognized as a field of central importance for... -
Writing the Jerusalem Pilgrimage in the Late Middle Ages by Mary Boyle
RRP: $178.50Booksplease Price: $171.68An examination of four written accounts of medieval pilgrimages to Jerusalem. What do the bursar of Eton College, a canon of Mainz Cathedral, a young knight from near Cologne, and a Kentish... -
The Face in Medieval French Literature, 1170-1390 by Alice Hazard
RRP: $178.50Booksplease Price: $171.68Modern theoretical approaches throw new light on the concepts of face and faciality in the Roman de la Rose and other French texts from the Middle Ages. In medieval French literature, faces... -
Studies in Medievalism XIII - Postmodern Medievalisms by Richard Utz
RRP: $178.50Booksplease Price: $171.68Studies of texts from the late middle ages to the contemporary moment, together they indicate, broadly, directions both in postmodern studies and studies in medievalism. Bringing together... -
The Fortunes of King Arthur by Norris J. Lacy 9781843840619
Booksplease Price: $229.59An examination of both the role played by Fortune in Arthurian literature and legend, and the fortunes of the legend itself. The essays in this volume offer a general overview and a number of... -
Romance Rewritten - The Evolution of Middle English Romance. A Tribute to Helen Cooper by Elizabeth Archibald 9781843845096
RRP: $199.50Booksplease Price: $191.90New approaches to the everlasting malleability and transformation of medieval romance. The essays here reconsider the protean nature of Middle English romance. The contributors examine both the... -
Women`s Books of Hours in Medieval England by Charity Scott-Stokes 9781843843009
RRP: $52.48Booksplease Price: $48.01English translation of a variety of texts from women's books of hours, with introduction, notes, and an interpretive essay. The book of hours is said to have been the most popular book owned by... -
Angela of Foligno`s Memorial by Cristina Mazzoni 9780859915625
RRP: $52.48Booksplease Price: $45.26The powerful voice of major Italian medieval woman mystic, translated with commentary. Angela of Foligno is considered by many as the greatest mystical voice among Italian medieval women. She... -
A Dictionary of Medieval Terms and Phrases Christopher Coredon 9781843841388
RRP: $41.98Booksplease Price: $33.29The first dictionary of medieval terms intended for the non-specialist with an interest in the medieval world. An interest in the middle ages often brings the non-specialist reader up short... -
The Index of Middle English Prose - Handlist XV - Manuscripts in Midland Libraries by Valerie Edden
RRP: $178.50Booksplease Price: $171.68`The Index of Middle English Prose when completed will be a monumental achievement.' REVIEW OF ENGLISH STUDIES This handlist indexes 82 manuscripts from twelve Midlands collections. The... -
The Medieval Changeling: Health, Childcare, and the Family Unit by Dr Rose A Sawyer
RRP: $199.50Booksplease Price: $191.27The first comprehensive study of medieval changelings and associated attitudes to the health and care of children in the period. The changeling - a monstrous creature swapped for a human child by... -
The Interlace Structure of the Third Part of the Prose Lancelot by Frank Brandsma
RRP: $199.50Booksplease Price: $191.90The intricate structure and the many different narrative threads of the Prose Lancelot are here skilfully analysed, showing them to be a major new development in literary technique. Thematically... -
Versions of Virginity in Late Medieval England Sarah Salih (Contributor) 9780859916226
RRP: $199.50Booksplease Price: $191.90Medieval virginity theory explored through study of martyrs, nuns and Margery Kempe. This study looks at the question of what it meant to be a virgin in the Middle Ages, and the forms which female... -
Arthurian Literature XXXV by Elizabeth Archibald 9781843845454
RRP: $178.50Booksplease Price: $171.68The continued influence and significance of the legend of Arthur are demonstrated by the articles collected in this volume. The rich vitality of both the Arthurian material itself and the... -
Approaching Medieval English Anchoritic and Mystical Texts by Dr. Dee Dyas
Booksplease Price: $203.64Essays suggesting new ways of studying the crucial but sometimes difficult range of medieval mystical material. This volume seeks to explore the origins, context and content of the anchoritic and... -
Spenser`s Legal Language - Law and Poetry in Early Modern England by Andrew Zurcher
Booksplease Price: $229.59Highlights Spenser's use of legal thought and language, resulting in new insights into his work. Both English language and English political life underwent unprecedented change in the sixteenth... -
Chaucer`s Philosophical Visions by Kathryn L. Lynch
Booksplease Price: $201.83New readings of Chaucer's dream visions, demonstrating his philosophical interests and learning. Chaucer's Philosophical Visions dramatically extends our sense of the fourteenth-century poet's... -
Ethics and Exemplary Narrative in Chaucer and Gower by J. Allan Mitchell
RRP: $178.50Booksplease Price: $171.68A lively defence of the ethics of exemplary narrative, and a detailed account of its forms and functioning in the works of Geoffrey Chaucer and John Gower. Why do medieval writers routinely make... -
The York Mystery Cycle and the Worship of the City by Pamela M. King 9781843840985
Booksplease Price: $228.96An investigation into the connections between the York Plays, religious observance, and the role played by the city itself. WINNER of the 2007 David Bevington Prize The York Play is the...