Counsel and strategy in Middle English romance / Geraldine Barnes
1993, 1st edition. Cambridge, UK ; Rochester, NY, USA : D.S. Brewer/Boydel & Brewer. Near fine copy in the original title-blocked, paper-labeled cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #426201
ISBN: 0859913627
Physical description; xii, 163 pages ; 24 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references (pages 139-158) and index. Contents; 1. 'Working by Counsel' in Plantagenet England: the context, ethos, and audience of Middle English romance -- 2. The Custom of Counsel in Middle English Romance: Ywain and Gawain, Havelok, Gamelyn, Athelston -- 3. 'Working by Counsel': the Auchinleck Manuscript (i). Of Arthour and of Merlin, Guy of Warwick, Beves of Hamtoun -- 4. 'Winning by gyn': the Auchinleck Manuscript (ii). Sir Tristrem, Kyng Alisaunder, Richard Coer de Lion, Floris and Blauncheflur, The Seven Sages of Rome, Sir Orfeo -- 5. The Failure of Counsel and Strategy: Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. Subjects; To 1500. English poetry Middle English, 1100-1500 History and criticism. Politics and literature Great Britain History To 1500. Romances, English History and criticism. Civilization, Medieval, in literature. Counseling in literature. Strategy in literature. Politics and literature England.
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