Description and narrative in Middle English alliterative poetry
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Description and narrative in Middle English alliterative poetry
（Exeter medieval texts and studies）
Liverpool University Press, 2018
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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内容説明
The characteristic alliterative poem of the 14th and 15th centuries tells a story of incident and adventure: it is pre-eminently the poetry of narrative. Yet it is also, more than any other kind of medieval verse, remarkable for passages of vivid description, taking advantage of the extraordinary rich verbal resources of the alliterative poets and the characteristic strengths of the alliterative line. Memorable examples are the green chapel in Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, the storm at sea in Patience, the dream-landscape in Pearl, and the mysterious tomb in St Erkenwald; there are violent battle-scenes, descriptions of hunting and hawking, beautiful meadows and terrifying mountains, purling streams and wild rivers. Here is a seeming contradiction, or at least a tension that needs to be explored. The descriptive passages are digressions that interrupt the narrative; the story must pause to take in a visual effect. In Description and Narrative in Middle English Alliterative Poetry, Thorlac Turville-Petre explores this relationship between description and narrative, and the contribution of description to the narrative. Passages from all the major alliterative poems are analysed, and translated as necessary, so that the book may meet the needs of students as well as scholars familiar with the language and the topics discussed.
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1. Introduction
2. The Vocabulary of Description
3. Narrative and Description in Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
4. Morte Arthure: A Hero for our Time
5. Alexander's Entry into Jerusalem in the Wars of Alexander
6. Authenticity and Interpretation in St Erkenwald
7. Landscapes and Gardens
8. Siege Warfare
9. Storms
10. Conclusion
Bibliography
Index
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