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Constructing 'England' in the Fourteenth Century [electronic resource] : A Postcolonial Interpretation of Middle English Romance
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Young, Helen (Helen Victoria)
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- English literature--Middle English, 1100-1500--History and criticism.
- Literature and history--England.
- National characteristics, English, in literature.
- English literature--History and criticism--Middle English, 1100-1500--England.
- English literature.
- Literature and history.
- Local Subjects:
- English literature--Middle English, 1100-1500--History and criticism.
- Literature and history--England.
- National characteristics, English, in literature.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (300 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Lewiston : The Edwin Mellen Press, 2010.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This work explores how narratives aided in the construction of a national identity in England in the late Middle Ages. Throughout the Middle Ages England was the site of confluent cultures, English, Scandinavian, and Continental, and this work examines how social, cultural and political encounters, particularly in the centuries following the Norman Conquest, influenced constructions of Englishness.
- Contents:
- Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication Page; Table of Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Chapter 1: English Law and Identity: Anglo-Saxon Precedent and Plantagenet Practice in Athelston; Chapter 2: Guy and Bevis: English Exemplars in the Anglo-Saxon Past; Chapter 3: A Noble History: Trojan Heroes and the Fountain of Britain; Chapter 4: Hybrid Identities and Illegitimacy in Of Arthur and Of Merlin; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 0-7734-1107-0
- OCLC:
- 797919906
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