Medieval literature and postcolonial studies /
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'...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Edinburgh :
Edinburgh University Press,
©2010.
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Full text (MFA users only) |
| ISBN: | 9780748637195 0748637192 6612749709 9786612749704 |
| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
| 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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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xli, 188 pages) : maps |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 151-178) and index. |
| Series: | Postcolonial literary studies.
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