The Marvellous Element in the Middle English Alexander Romances
Author | : Elizabeth Ann Flynn |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 370 |
Release | : 1968 |
Genre | : English literature |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : Elizabeth Ann Flynn |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 370 |
Release | : 1968 |
Genre | : English literature |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Jean Wauquelin |
Publisher | : DS Brewer |
Total Pages | : 326 |
Release | : 2012 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1843843323 |
The figure of Alexander the Great haunted the medieval imagination - as much as Arthur, as much as Charlemagne. His story was translated more often in medieval Europe than any work except the Gospels. Yet only small sections of the Alexander Romance have been translated into modern French, and Nigel Bryant's is the first translation into English. The Deeds and Conquests of Alexander the Great is Jehan Wauquelin's superb compendium, written for the Burgundian court in the mid-fifteenth century, which draws together all the key elements of the Alexandrian tradition.With great clarity and intelligence Wauquelin produced a redaction of all the major Alexander romances of the twelfth, thirteenth and fourteenth centuries - including the verse Roman d'Alexandre, The Vows of the Peacock and La Venjance Alixandre - to tell the whole story of Alexander's miraculous birth and childhood, his conquests of Persia and India, his battles with fabulous beasts and outlandish peoples, his journeys in the sky and under the sea, his poisoning at Babylon and the vengeance taken by his son. This is an accomplished and exciting work by a notable writer at the Burgundian court who perfectly understood the appeal of the great conqueror to ambitious dukes intent upon extending their dominions. Nigel Bryant has translated five major Arthurian romances from medieval French, including Perceforest in which Alexander features prominently. He has also translated the fourteenth-century chronicles of Jean le Bel.
Author | : Luann Marie Kitchel |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 550 |
Release | : 1973 |
Genre | : Romances, English |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Richard Stoneman |
Publisher | : Penguin UK |
Total Pages | : 210 |
Release | : 1991-04-25 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0141907118 |
Mystery surrounds the parentage of Alexander, the prince born to Queen Olympias. Is his father Philip, King of Macedonia, or Nectanebo, the mysterious sorcerer who seduced the queen by trickery? One thing is certain: the boy is destined to conquer the known world. He grows up to fulfil this prophecy, building a mighty empire that spans from Greece and Italy to Africa and Asia. Begun soon after the real Alexander's death and expanded in the centuries that followed, The Greek Alexander Myth depicts the life and adventures of one of history's greatest heroes - taming the horse Bucephalus, meeting the Amazons and his quest to defeat the King of Persia. Including such elements of fantasy as Alexander's ascent to heaven borne by eagles, this literary masterpiece brilliantly evokes a lost age of heroism.
Author | : Joanne A. Rice |
Publisher | : Scholarly Title |
Total Pages | : 672 |
Release | : 1987 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : |
Author | : John Block Friedman |
Publisher | : Syracuse University Press |
Total Pages | : 326 |
Release | : 2020-09-01 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0815650485 |
During the Middle Ages, travelers in Africa and Asia reported that monstrous races thrived beyond the boundaries of the known world. This work offers an introspective look at these races and their interaction with Western art, literature and philosophy.
Author | : Markus Stock |
Publisher | : University of Toronto Press |
Total Pages | : 292 |
Release | : 2016-01-01 |
Genre | : Art |
ISBN | : 1442644664 |
In the Middle Ages, the life story of Alexander the Great was a well-traveled tale. Known in numerous versions, many of them derived from the ancient Greek Alexander Romance, it was told and re-told throughout Europe, India, the Middle East, and Central Asia. The essays collected in Alexander the Great in the Middle Ages examine these remarkable legends not merely as stories of conquest and discovery, but also as representations of otherness, migration, translation, cosmopolitanism, and diaspora. Alongside studies of the Alexander legend in medieval and early modern Latin, English, French, German, and Persian, Alexander the Great in the Middle Ages breaks new ground by examining rarer topics such as Hebrew Alexander romances, Coptic and Arabic Alexander materials, and early modern Malay versions of the Alexander legend. Brought together in this wide-ranging collection, these essays testify to the enduring fascination and transcultural adaptability of medieval stories about the extraordinary Macedonian leader.
Author | : Richard Stoneman |
Publisher | : Barkhuis |
Total Pages | : 432 |
Release | : 2012 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9491431048 |
Alexander the Great of Macedon was no stranger to controversy in his own time. Conqueror of the Greek states, of Egypt and of the Persian Empire as well as many of the principalities of the Indus Valley, he nevertheless became revered as well as vilified. Was he simply a destroyer of the ancient civilizations and religions of these regions, or was he a hero of the Persian dynasties and of Islam? The conflicting views that were taken of him in the Middle East in his own time and the centuries that followed are still reflected in the tensions that exist between east and west today. The story of Alexander became the subject of legend in the medieval west, but was perhaps even more pervasive in the east. The Alexander Romance was translated into Syriac in the sixth century and may have become current in Persia as early as the third century AD. From these beginnings it reached into the Persian national epic, the Shahnameh, into Jewish traditions, and into the Quran and subsequent Arab romance. The papers in this volume all have the aim of deepening our understanding of this complex development. If we can understand better why Alexander is such an important figure in both east and west, we shall be a little closer to understanding what unites two often antipathetic worlds. This volume collects the papers delivered at the conference of the same title held at the University of Exeter from July 26-29 2010. More than half the papers were by invited speakers and were designed to provide a systematic view of the subject; the remainder were selected for their ability to carry research forward in an integrated way.
Author | : Richard Stoneman |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 471 |
Release | : 2022-02-03 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1107167698 |
Explores how Alexander the Great has influenced literature, art and culture in Europe and the Middle East over two millennia.
Author | : Andrew M. Richmond |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 542 |
Release | : 2021-08-05 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 1108913091 |
Our current ecological crises compel us not only to understand how contemporary media shapes our conceptions of human relationships with the environment, but also to examine the historical genealogies of such perspectives. Written during the onset of the Little Ice Age in Britain, Middle English romances provide a fascinating window into the worldviews of popular vernacular literature (and its audiences) at the close of the Middle Ages. Andrew M. Richmond shows how literary conventions of romances shaped and were in turn influenced by contemporary perspectives on the natural world. These popular texts also reveal widespread concern regarding the damaging effects of human actions and climate change. The natural world was a constant presence in the writing, thoughts, and lives of the audiences and authors of medieval English romance – and these close readings reveal that our environmental concerns go back further in our history and culture than we think.