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Showing 1 to 20 of 110 for “"Medieval Literature"”.
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Supernatural Visitation in Medieval Literature
… fairies, demons and revenants - in select medieval texts, no study has yet attempted to articulate or model the literary operations of such figures in terms of a unifying narratological scheme. This thesis proposes the typological category of Supernatural Visitation as a means to examine …
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Mourning, Melancholia, and Masculinity in Medieval Literature
<p>This dissertation examines male bereavement in medieval literature, expanding the current understanding of masculinity in the Middle Ages by investigating both the authenticity and affective nature of grief among aristocratic males. My focus is on the pattern of bereavement that surfaces across …
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The Devotional Significance of the Cross in Medieval Literature
… media, and symbolism. It exists throughout the medieval period as a symbol of Christ, his crucifixion, and his sacrifice celebrated in the consecration of the Eucharist. The cross, then, is not only a symbol of the crucifixion and redemption, but it invokes Christ through its physical proximity …
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SONIC INTERVENTIONS: SILENCE, SOUND, AND MELODY IN MEDIEVAL LITERATURE
… Interventions: Silence, Sound, and Melody in Medieval Literature,” I examine five early literary texts, spanning from the late-fifth to early-fifteenth-century: Geoffrey Chaucer’s Troilus and Criseyde, the anonymous Le Roman de Silence, the aptly named Book of Margery Kempe, John Gower’s …
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WEREWOLVES: THE OUTSIDER ON THE INSIDE IN ICELANDIC AND FRENCH MEDIEVAL LITERATURE
… the metamorphic creature. Through examining two Medieval texts, the Völsunga Saga and Bisclavret, I show that the shape-shifter always had a chance for redemption. It is the actions of the Monster within the culture it originates from that shows it to be an individual that might be recovered from …
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Redemption through Sexual Renunciation: A Study of Male Purity in Medieval Literature
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The Truth and Other Fictions: The Nuance of Truth in Medieval Literature
… be created or communicated through the medium of literature. The dissertation also explores how fiction, either narrative or structural, assists in said creation and communication of truth and in some cases is the necessary component to these processes. The Middle Ages and its literature provide …
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"Of heveneriche sely gate" : the spiritual significance of women in Medieval literature.
In her work on medieval women's religious symbols, historian Caroline Walker Bynum provides a paradigm for the positive interpretation of women's functions and positions in medieval literature. When examined through Bynum's paradigm—and especially her description of the maternal functions of …
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The Self, the Church, and Medieval Identities: The Evolution of the Individual in Medieval Literature
… the construction of literary identities by medieval women, recognizable as an authorial voice that is distinct from those of her contemporaries yet congruent with the gender norms and expectations of her contemporary culture, in both religious and secular literatures from late antiquity …
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Magical rings in Middle English romance: an interdisciplinary study in Medieval literature and material culture
This thesis argues that studying medieval literature is rarely undertaken with an interdisciplinary approach, and that this lack of contextual understanding has led to interpretations that do not take into account the importance of medieval belief and practice in literary manifestations. The focus …
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THE FIGURE OF THE WAYWARD NUN IN LATE MEDIEVAL LITERATURE: THE AMBIGUOUS PORTRAITS OF THE ARCHPRIEST OF HITA'S DONA GAROZA AND CHAUCER'S MADAME EGLENTYNE (ENGLAND, SPAIN)
… isolated literary occurrence, the wayward nun in medieval literature is the reflection of the one in the nunnery, special attention will be given in this study to those works where profligate nuns seem to have been drawn almost directly from the pages of the visitation reports by the bishops of …
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Engaging the manuscript: new editions and reading the 'whole book' in Chetham's Library MS 8009
… the intersection of the manuscript and its literature through an examination of the late fifteenth century manuscript, Chetham’s Library 8009 (Mun. A.6.31) and provides four diplomatic editions. This manuscript contains fourteen texts in Middle English including romance, hagiography, …
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The Middle English Physiologus: A Critical Translation and Commentary
… is an influential one, and informed medieval literature —not to mention medieval art and architecture—more than we know. The "Physiologus" was "an established source of Medieval sacred iconography and didactic poetry" and still continues to rank among the "books which have made a …
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Thugs, Thieves, Tricksters or Popular Heroes? A Comparative Look at the Phenomenon of "Ayyari"
… primary and secondary sources. During the medieval period, 'ayyar brotherhoods flourished in many of Iran's urban centers. Although they have attracted the attention of a wide spectrum of modern scholars, basic questions regarding their origins, organizational structure and social function …
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Contemporary linguistic theory and stylistic analysis
… to the department of English Language and Medieval Literature, University of Durham in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of M.A. in applied Linguistics(with special reference to teaching English as a foreign language)
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Apocryphal lore and the life of Christ in Old English literature
… of the influence of apocryphal legends on medieval literature have revealed a surprising number of such traditions current in Anglo-Saxon England. This dissertation examines the sources, transmission, and reception of apocryphal texts and motifs associated with the life of Christ in Old …
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Damned If You Do: Judas Iscariot And The Invention Of Medieval Literary Character
This project explores medieval literature as a site to disentangle the longstanding critical conflation of character and psychology. I use the figure of Judas Iscariot as a case study to argue that the seeming incoherence of medieval characters can reframe characterization as a tactic deployed by …
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