{"product_id":"in-strange-countries-middle-english-literature-and-its-afterlife-9780719084508","title":"In Strange Countries Middle English Literature","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThese essays by senior scholars in medieval studies celebrate the career of J.J. Anderson, editor, critic, and co-founder of the Manchester Medieval Literature and Culture series, who taught in medieval studies at the University of Manchester for forty years.   The essays are rooted in medieval literature but frequently range beyond the confines\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eA collection of fine scholarly essays and also an intensely personal tribute to a much-admired scholar ... This excellent collection of essays both celebrates and demonstrates the network of scholarship that has given us a continually renewed understanding of medieval texts and their afterlife.'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGraham Tulloch, Parergon - Journal of the Australian and New Zealand Association for Medieval and Early Modern Studies, volume 29.2 (2012).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReaders of In Strange Countries will value it differently depending on their points of invested\u003cbr\u003econtact with individual chapters. The best of these reach an unimpeachable standard\u003cbr\u003eof scholarship and will influence specialist conversation in their fields.\u003c\/p\u003e -- .\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003eDavid Matthews and Anke Bernau\u003cbr\u003e1. Robin Hood versus King Arthur: Stephen Knight \u003cbr\u003e2. The Green Knight’s balancing act: Gillian Rudd\u003cbr\u003e3. Recasting a role: Brutus in La?amon’s Brut: Carole Weinberg\u003cbr\u003e4. ‘Broad spears broke, shields clashed, men fell’: How La?amon and Tennyson deal with the problem of combat: Rosamund Allen\u003cbr\u003e5. ‘For ho is quene of cortaysye’: The assumption of the virgin in Pearl and the Festial: Susan Powell\u003cbr\u003e6. Making yourself ‘þer present’: Nicholas Love and the plays of the passion: Alexandra F. Johnston\u003cbr\u003e7. Reading a procession: Bishop Blase at Bradford: Peter Meredith\u003cbr\u003e8. ‘Trewe techyng and false heritikys’: Some ‘Lollard’ manuscripts of the Pore Caitif:  Kalpen Trivedi\u003cbr\u003e9. A life’s work: John Anderson and the Gawain-poet: Ralph Elliott\u003cbr\u003e10. John Julian Anderson: a memoir: Alan Shelston\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Manchester University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48884281966935,"sku":"9780719084508","price":81.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/in-strange-countries-middle-english-literature-and-its-afterlife-9780719084508","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}