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Record Nr.

UNINA9910791024203321

Titolo

News from the raven : essays from Sam Houston State University on medieval and renaissance thought / / edited by Darci N. Hill ; Anne Babson [and twenty one others], contributors

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Newcastle upon Tyne, England : , : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

1-4438-6119-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (372 p.)

Disciplina

945.05

Soggetti

Literature, Medieval - History and criticism

Philosophy, Medieval

Music - 500-1400 - History and criticism

Art, Medieval

Architecture, Medieval

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Nota di contenuto

CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; INTRODUCTION; PART I; CHAPTER ONE; CHAPTER TWO; CHAPTER THREE; PART II; CHAPTER FOUR; CHAPTER FIVE; CHAPTER SIX; PART III; CHAPTER SEVEN; CHAPTER EIGHT; CHAPTER NINE; PART IV; CHAPTER TEN; CHAPTER ELEVEN; CHAPTER TWELVE; CHAPTER THIRTEEN; PART V; CHAPTER FOURTEEN; CHAPTER FIFTEEN; CHAPTER SIXTEEN; PART VI; CHAPTER SEVENTEEN; CHAPTER EIGHTEEN; CHAPTER NINETEEN; PART VII; CHAPTER TWENTY; CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE; CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO; CONTRIBUTORS; INDEX

Sommario/riassunto

This volume, edited from the proceedings of a unique conference held at Sam Houston State University, offers the reader an independent Texas-style celebration of Medieval and Renaissance culture and thought. In the opening article, Richard North reveals some ways in which medieval literature pioneered the modern novel. The following essays, drawing from philosophy, literature, music, art, architecture,



history, and linguistics, include studies of the portrayal of women in medieval literature ...