Wales and the Medieval Colonial Imagination

The Matters of Britain in the Twelfth Century

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Paperback, blz. | Engels
Palgrave Macmillan US | e druk, 2014
ISBN13: 9781349482856
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Focusing on works by some of the major literary figures of the period, Faletra argues that the legendary history of Britain that flourished in medieval chronicles and Arthurian romances traces its origins to twelfth-century Anglo-Norman colonial interest in Wales and the Welsh.

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ISBN13:9781349482856
Taal:Engels
Bindwijze:paperback
Uitgever:Palgrave Macmillan US

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Introduction: The Scrap-Heap of History 1. Geoffrey of Monmouth and the Matter of Wales 2. Fairies at the Bottom of the Garden: Courtly Britain and Its Others 3. Chrétien de Troyes, Wales, and the Matiere of Britain 4. Crooked Greeks: Hybridity, History, and Gerald of Wales Epilogue: The Birds of Rhiannon

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