ISBN: 9780859913621 - Counsel and Strategy in Middle English Romance (9 results)

Hardcover. Condition: As New. No Dust Jacket. Hardcover without dust jacket in like new condition. Unread shop stock with minimal wear. LW. Used.

Hardcover. Condition: As New. No Dust Jacket. Hardcover without dust jacket in like new condition. Unread shop stock with minimal wear. LW. Used.

Condition: MOLTO BUONO. Cambridge, D.S.Brewer cm.16x24, pp.XII,163, legatura ed. By examining the development of Middle English romance against its background of 13th- and 14th-century royal-baronial conflict, this book assumes a new historical perspective. Friction between Plantagenet kings and dissident barons contributed to the development of the `problem of counsel' both as an actuality and as a topos in the literature of the period. Rule by counsel, an ideal which informs medieval English government at every level, is, the author argues, central to the ethos of Middle English romance. The procedural formula of `counsel and strategy' is tested against a number of romances: Ywain and Gawain, Havelok, Gamelyn, Athelston, a selection of nine romances from the Auchinleck manuscript, and Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. By selecting these narratives Geraldine Barnes is able to approach the question of counsel from a number of different angles. This is a book which will stimulate considerable interest among scholars of medieval literature.…

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Hardcover. Condition: As New.

1st edition. 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. 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. 1 Kg.…

1st edition. 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. 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. 1 Kg.…

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Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.