Translating Troy : provincial politics in alliterative romance

Translating Troy : provincial politics in alliterative romance / Alex Mueller.

For Geoffrey Chaucer and many of his contemporaries, the literary life of England began in ancient Troy. In this book, the author explores Middle English alliterative romances that challenge this genealogical fantasy and decentralize Troy as the eastern origin of western authority. Until the sixteen...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Mueller, Alex, 1973-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Columbus : Ohio State University Press, [2013]
Series:Interventions: new studies in medieval culture.
Subjects:
1100 - 1500
Romances, English.
Trojans in literature.
English literature > Middle English, 1100-1500 > History and criticism.
English literature > Middle English
Literature
Romances, English
Trojans in literature
Troy (Extinct city) > In literature.
Turkey > Troy (Extinct city)
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Table of Contents:
  • Translating destruction into alliterative romance
  • Genealogy : Trojan historiography in England
  • War : reviving Troy
  • Violence : the corporeal terror of the Roman Empire
  • Heraldry : Arthur's Roman dragon
  • Territory : the Trojan provinces of Britain
  • Conclusion : Alliterating England.

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