Heroes and anti-heroes in medieval romance

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Heroes and anti-heroes in medieval romance

edited by Neil Cartlidge

(Studies in medieval romance / series editors, Roger Dalrymple, Corinne Saunders)

D.S. Brewer, 2012

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Includes bibliographical references and index

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Investigations into the heroic - or not - behaviour of the protagonists of medieval romance. Medieval romances so insistently celebrate the triumphs of heroes and the discomfiture of villains that they discourage recognition of just how morally ambiguous, antisocial or even downright sinister their protagonists can be, and, correspondingly, of just how admirable or impressive their defeated opponents often are. This tension between the heroic and the antiheroic makes a major contribution to the dramatic complexity of medieval romance, but it is not an aspect of the genre that has been frequently discussed up until now. Focusing on fourteen distinct characters and character-types in medieval narrative, this book illustrates the range of different ways in which the imaginative power and appeal of romance-texts often depend on contradictions implicit in the very ideal of heroism. Dr Neil Cartlidge is Lecturer in English at the University of Durham. Contributors: Neil Cartlidge, Penny Eley, David Ashurst, Meg Lamont, Laura Ashe, Judith Weiss, Gareth Griffith, Kate McClune, Nancy Mason Bradbury, Ad Putter, Robert Rouse, Siobhain Bly Calkin, James Wade, Stephanie Vierick Gibbs Kamath

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Introduction - Neil Cartlidge Turnus - Penny Eley Alexander the Great - David Ashurst Hengist - Margaret Lamont Harold Godwineson - Laura Ashe Mordred - Judith Weiss Merlin - Gareth Griffith Gawain - Kate McClune Gamelyn - Nancy Mason Bradbury Ralph the Collier - Ad Putter The Anti-heroic Heart - Stephanie Kamath Crusaders - Robert Rouse Saracens - Siobhain Bly Calkin Ungallant Knights - James Wade Sons of Devils - Neil Cartlidge

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