Manmade marvels in medieval culture and literature

著者

• Lightsey, Scott

書誌事項

Manmade marvels in medieval culture and literature

Scott Lightsey

（The new Middle Ages）

Palgrave Macmillan, 2007

注記

Bibliography: p. [191]-203

Includes index

内容説明・目次

内容説明

This book examines marvels as tangible objects in the literary, courtly, and artisanal cultures of medieval England, but these clever devices, neither wholly semiotic nor purely positivist objects, are imbued with diverse cultural significance that illuminates in new ways the familiar literature of the Ricardian period.

目次

Introduction: Clever Devices, Marvelous Affinities By Angel's Hand: Langland, Richard II, and Craft Mirabilia The Medieval Economy of Wonder: Chaucer, Marvels, and Techne Bodies and Machines: the Subject of Technology Advice to Kings and the Pursuit of Marvels: Gower's Monstrous Body Politic Manufactured Marvels in Mandeville's Terrestrial Garden Conclusion: Marvelous Craft

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詳細情報

• NII書誌ID(NCID): BB05488096
• ISBN:
  • 9781403974419
• 出版国コード: uk
• タイトル言語コード: eng
• 本文言語コード: eng
• 出版地: New York ; Basingstoke
• ページ数/冊数: xv, 212 p.
• 大きさ: 22 cm
• 件名:
  • LCSH : Machinery -- History -- To 1500
  • LCSH : Machinery in literature
  • LCSH : English literature -- Middle English, 1100-1500 -- History and criticism
• 親書誌ID:
  • BA37580138