Essays in Medieval Culture / / Durant Waite Robertson.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton Legacy Lib. eBook Package 1980-1999
• VerfasserIn: Robertson, Durant Waite,
• Place / Publishing House: Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2014]; ©1980
• Year of Publication: 2014
• Edition: Course Book
• Language: English
• Series: Princeton Legacy Library ; 569
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (428 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; List of Abbreviations --; Author's Introduction --; I --; Historical Criticism --; The Doctrine of Charity in Medieval Literary Gardens: A Topical Approach Through Symbolism and Allegory --; Some Medieval Literary Terminology, with Special Reference to Chrétien de Troyes --; Some Observations on Method in Literary Studies --; The Allegorist and the Aesthetician --; II --; Certain Theological Conventions in Mannyng's Treatment of the Commandments --; Frequency of Preaching in Thirteenth Century England --; III --; Two Poems from the Carmina Burana --; Five Poems by Marcabru --; The Partitura Amorosa of Jean de Savoie --; Chrétien's Cligés and the Ovidian Spirit --; The Idea of Fame in Chretien's Cligés --; Love Conventions in Marie's Equitan --; IV --; The Pearl as Symbol --; The "Heresy" of The Pearl --; The Question of Typology and the Wakefield Mactacio Abel --; V --; The Historical Setting of Chaucer's Book of the Duchess --; The Concept of Courtly Love as an Impediment to the Understanding of Medieval Texts --; Chaucer's Franklin and his Tale --; Some Disputed Chaucerian Terminology --; VI --; In Foraminibus Petrae: A Note on Leonardo's "Virgin of the Rocks" --; Sidney's Metaphor of the Ulcer --; A Medievalist Looks at Hamlet --; Pope and Boethius --; Notes --; Bibliography --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781400856640; 9783110413441; 9783110413533; 9783110442496
• DOI: 10.1515/9781400856640
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Durant Waite Robertson.

Bringing together a collection of this distinguished medievalist's most important and controversial work, heretofore scattered and frequently inaccessible, this book constitutes both an appropriate introduction for students new to medieval studies and a convenient compendium for scholars established in the field.Originally published in 1980.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.