Published by Boydell & Brewer Ltd, United Kingdom, Cambridge, 1988
ISBN 10: 0859913252 ISBN 13: 9780859913256
Seller: WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, United Kingdom
Paperback. Condition: Very Good. This introduction to Morte Darthuroutlines the book's basic character, followed by a study of the key concepts of love, loyalty, sin and shame. Malory's approach to his material is discussed, as are his sources, and his individual contribution; finally, Maloryand his book are placed in their historical context. Published in 1988 as Reading the Morte Darthur. `Presents in very accessible form the explanatory material which [students] will require. He is well-informed about the basic issues in Malory scholarship and criticism, and his approach is sound.' REVIEW OF ENGLISH STUDIES`This book is aimed specifically at readers approaching Malory's Morte Darthur. it will be very useful both to new readers and to their instructors.' CHOICEThe Morte Darthuris a book of action and adventure, not a book of thought. It is full of unexplained and inexplicable customs,magic and mystery, love and hate, nobility, villainy and the highest ideals. Among its characters are the heroes and heroines of the greatest love stories in the western tradition, and it appeals to our most basic and powerful sentiments. Terence McCarthy's book is an introduction to Malory, and so the first section is designed to show how to go about reading the Morte Darthur, and to outline aspects of its basic character. The remaining sections offer an interpretation of it, beginning with the key concepts of love, loyalty, sin and shame. The reader is urged to resist the temptation to consider the Morte Darthuras an early novel, and Malory as omniscient narrator, in order to see him as he saw himself - a historian chronicling the public events of a kingdom. Even his much-praised style underlines the formal and traditional aspect of his book. The Morte Darthuris based on inherited material, and while it is not necessary to know all the intricacies of Malory's sources, Terence McCarthy shows how Malory worked and the extent and nature of his individual contribution. A brief final section puts Malory and his book in their historical context: the turmoil of late fifteenth-century England may be a striking contrast to the order and harmony Arthur achieved (and lost), but too precise an interpretation will remain fruitless until weknow more about Sir Thomas Malory -including who he actually was. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
Published by Cambridge: Brewer 1974., 1974
ISBN 10: 0859910024 ISBN 13: 9780859910026
Condition: Good. Good condition. Acceptable dust jacket. A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains. Bundled media such as CDs, DVDs, floppy disks or access codes may not be included.
Published by D. S. Brewer, Cambridge, 2002
ISBN 10: 0859914844 ISBN 13: 9780859914840
Seller: Memento Mori Fine and Rare Books, Stafford, VA, U.S.A.
Association Member: IOBA
Trade Paperback. Condition: Good. Third Edition. A good reading/reference copy, free of marks or highlighting. Light wear to edges and corners a touch softened and turned. Small stain on the lower outside edge of page 43/44 but not affecting the text. [Loc: 42].
Published by D. S. Brewer, Cambridge UK, 1999
ISBN 10: 0859915506 ISBN 13: 9780859915502
Seller: Chequamegon Books, Washburn, WI, U.S.A.
Paperback. Condition: Near Fine. reprint of 1996 Edition. A musicologist explores the wide musical spectrum of early English drama, discussing the internal literary evidence of the play texts, the surviving notated music, and documentary evidence of productions. 422 pages, appendices, bibliography, index.; 6 1/4 x 9 1/4 ".
Published by Boydell & Brewer Ltd, United Kingdom, Cambridge, 2004
ISBN 10: 1843840065 ISBN 13: 9781843840060
Seller: WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, United Kingdom
Paperback. Condition: Very Good. A single, consistent and accessible narrative of the Grail story, constructed from the principal motifs and narrative strands of all the original Grail romances. The quest for the Holy Grail is one of the most important elements in the story of King Arthur. Yet even among the many interested in the stories of the Round Table, very few have read at first hand the medieval masterpieces whichover a period of some forty years, in the late twelfth and early thirteenth centuries, together became the foundation of the legend of the Grail. These romances, full of bewildering contradictions and composed by a numberof different writers with very different preoccupations, dazzle with the sheer wealth of their conflicting imaginative detail. In this new compilation, the enthralling material becomes truly accessible through his interweaving ofthe principal motifs and narrative strands of all the original Grail romances to construct a single, consistent version of the Grail story, while clearly tracing the development of its enigmatic and potent theme. All the mystery and drama of the Arthurian world are embodied in the extraordinary adventures of Perceval, Gawain, Lancelot and Galahad in their pursuit of the Grail. Told here as a unified, coherent narrative, the Grail legend reasserts its relevance as one of the great works of imaginative literature of the middle ages. NIGEL BRYANT's previous Arthurian books include The High Book of the Grail (Perlesvaus), Chretien de Troyes' Perceval and its Continuations, and Robert de Boron's Merlin and the Grail. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
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Published by D.S. Brewer, Cambridge, 1975
ISBN 10: 0859910075 ISBN 13: 9780859910071
Seller: Row By Row Bookshop, Sugar Grove, NC, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. First Edition. Hardcover. An ex-library copy in purple hard covers lettered in silver, with the usual ex-libris markings. The binding is sound, the text is clean/unmarked, and there is little cover wear. No dust jacket. Book.
Published by Boydell & Brewer Ltd, United Kingdom, Cambridge, 2017
ISBN 10: 1843844788 ISBN 13: 9781843844785
Seller: WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, United Kingdom
Paperback. Condition: Very Good. First full-length critical study of humour in medievalism. The role of laughter and humour in the postmedieval citation, interpretation or recreation of the middle ages has hitherto received little attention, a gap in scholarship which this book aims to fill. Examining a wide range of comic texts and practices across several centuries, from Don Quixote and early Chaucerian modernisation through to Victorian theatre, the Monty Python films, television and the experience of visiting sites of "heritage tourism" such as the Jorvik Viking Museum at York, it identifies what has been perceived as uniquely funny about the Middle Ages in different times and places, and how this has influenced ideas not just about the medieval but also aboutmodernity. Tracing the development and permutations of its various registers, including satire, parody, irony, camp, wit, jokes, and farce, the author offers fresh and amusing insight into comic medievalism as a vehicle for critical commentary on the present as well as the past, and shows that for as long as there has been medievalism, people have laughed at and with the middle ages. Louise D'Arcens is Associate Professor in English Literaturesat the University of Wollongong. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
Published by Boydell & Brewer Ltd, United Kingdom, Cambridge, 1989
ISBN 10: 0631171932 ISBN 13: 9780631171935
Seller: WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, United Kingdom
Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Comprehensive examination of key concept in Christianity from the fourth century to the present day, exploring changing ideas of ministry, challenges of the Counter-Reformation, consideration of missionary activity. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
Published by Boydell & Brewer Ltd, United Kingdom, Cambridge, 2008
ISBN 10: 1843841797 ISBN 13: 9781843841791
Seller: WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, United Kingdom
Paperback. Condition: Good. Medieval humour revealed in an anthology of 80 tales from England, France, Italy, Germany and Spain. During the middle ages, a common fund of comic tales circulated throughout Europe. Writers such as Boccaccio, Chaucer, Rabelais and Cervantes drew on this material, and used it for their own purposes, but the brilliant medieval versions also deserve to be known in their own right. They are of great cultural interest and considerable entertainment value, varying from humour to farce, from sophisticated literary parody to blunt crudeness. Piety jostles blasphemy, and sex and death are everywhere good for a joke. The tales presented here, translated into clear modern English by experts in their fields, are from French, Spanish, Dutch, German, medieval Latin, Italian and English. .Scholars and students and the general reader alike will find the book accessible, useful and enjoyable. The late DEREK BREWER was Professor Emeritus of English Literature, University of Cambridge. The book has been read but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact and the cover is intact. Some minor wear to the spine.
Published by D.S. Brewer, Cambridge UK, 2007
ISBN 10: 1843841126 ISBN 13: 9781843841128
Seller: Berry Hill Book Shop, Deansboro, NY, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. (2007), First Edition, Near Fine/Near Fine dj, octavo, 299pp., blue boards hardcover, bright gold lettering on backstrip, excellent colorful unclipped dj, binding tight, text unmarked.
Published by D. S. Brewer, Cambridge, 1984
ISBN 10: 0859911608 ISBN 13: 9780859911603
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 189 pages; Soundly bound and clean in original pale blue pictorial dust jacket. Jacket lightly shelf rubbed at edges with trace sunning at spine. VG+/VG.
Published by D.S. Brewer, Cambridge, 1991
ISBN 10: 0859913228 ISBN 13: 9780859913225
Seller: Old Hall Bookshop, ABA ILAB PBFA BA, Brackley, United Kingdom
Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 105pp., red cloth, silver lettering on spine, jacket slightly creased and worn along edges, spine faded, light markings on covers, pages clean within, binding sound. History.
Published by D.S. Brewer, Cambridge, 1983
ISBN 10: 0859911500 ISBN 13: 9780859911504
Seller: PsychoBabel & Skoob Books, Didcot, United Kingdom
First Edition
hardcover. Condition: Acceptable. Dust Jacket Condition: Acceptable. First Edition. Ex-library hardback. Jacket worn at top edge with light sunning. Light edgewear on boards. Barcode and glue mark on front endpaper; ink stamps here, on indicia, and on edges of page block. Book-seller's stamp on rear pastedown. Light pencilled marginlia throughout the text, but not obscurring the text. Contents otherwise clean, sound, bright. TPW. Ex-Library.
Published by D. S. Brewer, Cambridge UK, 1993
Seller: Second Life Books, Inc., Lanesborough, MA, U.S.A.
8vo, pp. x, 218. Appendices, index. A nice copy in scuffed dj. The identity of of the author of Morte Darthur has been debated; this work purports to settle the question.
Published by D. S. Brewer, Cambridge, 1978
ISBN 10: 0874719607 ISBN 13: 9780874719604
Seller: Argosy Book Store, ABAA, ILAB, New York, NY, U.S.A.
hardcover. Condition: very good. Illustrated with black and white photographs. 178 pages. 8vo, red boards. Cambridge: D. S. Brewer, (1978). A very good copy, corners and spine just a bit bumped.
Published by D. S. Brewer, Cambridge, 1997
Seller: Berryville Old Book Shop, Berryville, VA, U.S.A.
Hard Cover. 166 pgs. Eleven essays dealing with the influence and impact of the Middle Ages. Fine hardcover copy in cloth.
Published by D. S. Brewer, Cambridge, 1987
ISBN 10: 0859912299 ISBN 13: 9780859912297
Seller: Ystwyth Books, Aberystwyth, United Kingdom
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Hardback, cloth-covered book in near fine condition, with no inscriptions. The jacket, however, has its red colour worn away at some of the corners and edges, but hardly noticeable. Price clipped off front inner-jacket.
Published by Cambridge, Brewer, 1994
ISBN 10: 0859914178 ISBN 13: 9780859914178
Seller: Antiquariat Bookfarm, Löbnitz, Germany
Hardcover. 1. publ. 238 S. Ehem. Bibliotheksexemplar mit Signatur und Stempel. GUTER Zustand, ein paar Gebrauchsspuren. Ex-library with stamp and library-signature. GOOD condition, some traces of use. 0859914178 Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 900.
Published by Cambridge, Brewer, 1996
ISBN 10: 0866981799 ISBN 13: 9780866981798
Seller: Antiquariat Bookfarm, Löbnitz, Germany
Hardcover. XXI, 352 S. Ehem. Bibliotheksexemplar mit Bibl.-Signatur und Stempel. GUTER Zustand, ein paar Gebrauchsspuren. Ex-library with stamp and catalognumber on spine. GOOD condition, some traces of use. gi623/26 0866981799 Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 800.
Published by D. S. Brewer, Cambridge, 1998
ISBN 10: 0859915271 ISBN 13: 9780859915274
Seller: Lowry's Books, Three Rivers, MI, U.S.A.
First Edition
Cloth over Board. Condition: Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Some light rubbing and edgewear. Text has foxing on top edge, interior has yellowed slightly and has previous owners name on front pastedown, but remains tight in binding. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Published by D. S. Brewer, Cambridge, 1983
ISBN 10: 0859911314 ISBN 13: 9780859911313
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good-. First Edition. Smudge top front of jacket.; 8vo; 107 pages.
Published by Brewer Ed., Cambridge,, 1979
Seller: FIRENZELIBRI SRL, Reggello, FI, Italy
Condition: DISCRETO. cm.14x22, pp.182, NOTA:Sottolineature a matita nt. Mende alla sopraccoperta. / Cambridge, Brewer Ed. cm.14x22, pp.182, legatura ed. sopracop.fig.a col. Testo in inglese. legatura ed. sopracop.fig.a col.
Published by D. S. Brewer, Cambridge, 2004
ISBN 10: 1843840219 ISBN 13: 9781843840213
Cloth. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Library of Medieval Women; 8.50 X 5.67 X 0.79 inches; 157 pages.
Published by Cambridge: D S Brewer, 1978
ISBN 10: 0859910377 ISBN 13: 9780859910378
Seller: Peter Scott, Portslade, United Kingdom
First Edition
First Edition. Hardcover. 170pp. Index. Fine in slightly rubbed price-clipped d/w.
Published by D. S. Brewer & Rowman and Littlefield, Cambridge, England & Totowa, New Jersey, 1976
ISBN 10: 085991013X ISBN 13: 9780859910132
Seller: G.F. Wilkinson Books, member IOBA, GRASS VALLEY, CA, U.S.A.
Association Member: IOBA
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. 235 pp.; 8vo; cloth in dust jacket. Moderate offset tanning to endpapers and pastedowns.
Published by D. S. Brewer, Cambridge, 1981
ISBN 10: 0859910768 ISBN 13: 9780859910767
Seller: PsychoBabel & Skoob Books, Didcot, United Kingdom
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Hardcover. Platic wrapper on dust jacket. Jacket is grubby. One centimetre tear on rear upper edge of jacket. Jacket leading corners, edges and spine ends are slightly worn with nicks on head. Sticker on jacket front flap. Page block head is marked. Previous owner's name penned on FEP. Binding is intact, contents are clear. AM. Used.
Published by D. S. Brewer Ltd, Cambridge, 1972
ISBN 10: 0859910059 ISBN 13: 9780859910057
Seller: Shadow Books, Norwich, United Kingdom
Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Tight and unmarked. A little handling/edgewear to card wrappers including slight dog-earting to the corners.
Published by Cambridge: D. S. Brewer, 1993, 1993
Seller: Aeolian Books, Marysville, WA, U.S.A.
Cloth. Very Good +/Very Good +. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. x+218 pages. DJ in Mylar cover. No defects to mention, jacket has slight rubbing.
Published by D.S. Brewer, Cambridge, England:, 1989
ISBN 10: 0859912876 ISBN 13: 9780859912877
Seller: J. HOOD, BOOKSELLERS, ABAA/ILAB, Baldwin City, KS, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Size: 8.75"x11", 38pp. Near new, fresh unused condition, covers bright, text clean & binding tight in like dust jacket.
Published by D.S. Brewer, Cambridge, England, 1978
ISBN 10: 0859913651 ISBN 13: 9780859913652
Seller: J. HOOD, BOOKSELLERS, ABAA/ILAB, Baldwin City, KS, U.S.A.
Hardcover. (reissue 1992) 208pp. Like new condition in bright and crisp dust jacket.