02248nam 2200517 450 991081958990332120230814220550.00-271-08176-70-271-08178-310.1515/9780271081786(CKB)4970000000000079(OCoLC)1032611979(MdBmJHUP)muse68743(MiAaPQ)EBC6224487(DE-B1597)583768(OCoLC)1269269012(DE-B1597)9780271081786(EXLCZ)99497000000000007920201001d2018 uy 0engur|||||||nn|ntxtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierMiddle English marvels magic, spectacle, and morality in the fourteenth century /Tara WilliamsUniversity Park, Pennsylvania :The Pennsylvania State University Press,2018.1 online resource0-271-07964-9 Includes bibliographical references and index.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."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.Romances, EnglishHistory and criticismMagic in literatureMarvelous, The, in literatureRomances, EnglishHistory and criticism.Magic in literature.Marvelous, The, in literature.821.109Williams Tara1975-1121620MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910819589903321Middle English marvels4025087UNINA