Language and Culture in Medieval Britain: The French of England, c.1100-c.1500 - Couverture souple

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1903153476 ISBN 13 : 9781903153475

Editeur : York Medieval Press, 2013

Synopsis

England was more widely and enduringly francophone in the middle ages than many standard accounts of its history, culture and language allow. The development of French in England, whether known as "Anglo-Norman" or "Anglo-French", is deeply interwoven both with medieval English and with the spectrum of Frenches, insular and continental, used within and outside the realm. As the language of nearly a thousand literary texts, of much administration, and of many professions and occupations, the French of England needs more attention than it has so far received. The essays in this volume form a new cultural history focussed round, but not confined to, the presence and interactions of French speakers, writers, readers, texts and documents in England from the eleventh to the later fifteenth century. Taking the French of England into account does not simply add new material to our existing narratives of medieval English culture, but changes them, restoring a multi-vocal, multi-cultural medieval England in all its complexity.

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À propos des auteurs

CAROLYN COLLETTE is an American literary critic whose work has focused on late Medieval Anglo-French literary culture. She is Professor Emerita of English literature at Mount Holyoke College.

Ad Putter is Professor of Medieval English at the University of Bristol, UK, co-director of Bristol's Centre for Medieval Studies, and Fellow of the British Academy. He is the author and editor of numerous books, with a particular interest in Medieval Romance texts and the works of the Gawain poet. He is currently leading a research project on the literary heritage of Anglo-Dutch relations.

The late W. MARK ORMROD was Professor Emeritus of History at the University of York; he published extensively on later medieval history.

R.F. YEAGER is Emeritus Professor of English Literature and Language, University of West Florida.

NICHOLAS WATSON teaches English at Harvard University. His research focuses on medieval English and North European literature, intellectual history, visionary writing and the role of the written vernacular.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: York Medieval Press
• Date d'édition: 2013
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1903153476
• ISBN 13: 9781903153475
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 560
• Éditeur: Wogan-Browne Jocelyn, Collette Carolyn P, Kowaleski Maryanne, Mooney Linne R, Putter Ad, Trotter D A
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