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Medieval literature and postcolonial studies / Lisa Lampert-Weissig.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Lampert-Weissig, Lisa.
- Series:
- Postcolonial literary studies.
- Postcolonial literary studies
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Literature, Medieval--History and criticism--Theory, etc.
- Literature, Medieval.
- Postcolonialism in literature.
- Medievalism.
- Postcolonialism.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (233 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, 2010.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This volume provides a comprehensive introduction to postcolonial medieval studies and examines the historical connections between postcolonial studies and medieval studies. Lisa Lampert-Weissig provides new readings of medieval texts including Wolfram von Eschenbach's Parzival, Mandeville's Travels and Guillaume de Palerne, a romance about werewolves set in Norman Sicily. In addition, she examines Walter Scott's Ivanhoe from the perspective of postcolonial medieval studies, as well contemporary novels by Salman Rushdie, Tariq Ali, Juan Goytisolo, and Amitav Ghosh.
- Contents:
- COVER; Copyright; Contents; Series Editors' Preface; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Timeline; Prologue; 1. The Future of the Past; 2. Medieval Intersections; 3. The Dark Continent of Europe; References; Further Reading; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-282-74970-6
- 9786612749704
- 0-7486-3719-2
- OCLC:
- 659500288
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