Middle English marvels : magic, spectacle, and morality in the fourteenth century /
Williams, Tara, 1975-
Middle English marvels : magic, spectacle, and morality in the fourteenth century / Tara Williams. - University Park, Pennsylvania : The Pennsylvania State University Press, (c)2018. - 1 online resource (viii, 176 pages)
Includes bibliographies and index.
Introduction : why marvels matter -- Mirroring otherworlds : fairy magic, wonder, and morality -- Revealing spectacles : virtue and identity in fair unknowns -- Moving marvels : action and agency in courtly spectacles -- Talking magic : chaucer's spectacles of language -- Conclusion : how marvels matter.
"A multidisciplinary interpretation of representations of magic in fourteenth-century romances, and how these texts link magic, spectacle, and morality in distinctive ways. By representing supernatural marvels in vivid visual detail, these texts encourage reactions of wonder that have moral effects within and beyond the narrative"--Provided by publisher.
9780271081762 9780271081786
Romances, English--History and criticism.
Magic in literature.
Marvelous, The, in literature.
Literature and morals.
Electronic Books.
PR321 / .M533 2018
Middle English marvels : magic, spectacle, and morality in the fourteenth century / Tara Williams. - University Park, Pennsylvania : The Pennsylvania State University Press, (c)2018. - 1 online resource (viii, 176 pages)
Includes bibliographies and index.
Introduction : why marvels matter -- Mirroring otherworlds : fairy magic, wonder, and morality -- Revealing spectacles : virtue and identity in fair unknowns -- Moving marvels : action and agency in courtly spectacles -- Talking magic : chaucer's spectacles of language -- Conclusion : how marvels matter.
"A multidisciplinary interpretation of representations of magic in fourteenth-century romances, and how these texts link magic, spectacle, and morality in distinctive ways. By representing supernatural marvels in vivid visual detail, these texts encourage reactions of wonder that have moral effects within and beyond the narrative"--Provided by publisher.
9780271081762 9780271081786
Romances, English--History and criticism.
Magic in literature.
Marvelous, The, in literature.
Literature and morals.
Electronic Books.
PR321 / .M533 2018