TY - BOOK AU - Williams,Tara TI - Middle English marvels: magic, spectacle, and morality in the fourteenth century SN - 9780271081762 AV - PR321 .M533 2018 PY - 2018/// CY - University Park, Pennsylvania PB - The Pennsylvania State University Press KW - Romances, English KW - History and criticism KW - Magic in literature KW - Marvelous, The, in literature KW - Literature and morals KW - Electronic Books N1 - 2; 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; 2; b N2 - "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 UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=1798341&site=eds-live&custid=s3260518 ER -