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Medieval Literature and Postcolonial Studies / Lisa Lampert-Weissig.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Postcolonial Literary Studies : PLSPublisher: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2022]Copyright date: ©2010Description: 1 online resource (232 p.) : 4 B/W illustrationsContent type:
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ISBN:
  • 9780748637171
  • 9780748637195
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 809.02
LOC classification:
  • PN671
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  • online - DeGruyter
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Contents:
Frontmatter -- 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
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.
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Frontmatter -- 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

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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.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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