MEDIEVAL LITERATURE AND POSTCOLONIAL STUDIES by Lisa Lampert-Weissig ( 9780748637171 )

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MEDIEVAL LITERATURE AND POSTCOLONIAL STUDIES

By:

Lisa Lampert-Weissig

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EDINBURGH UNIVERSITY PRESS

Pub. date:

16 June, 2010

Series:

Postcolonial Literary Studies

Pages:

232

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Medieval Literature and Postcolonial Studies provides a comprehensive introduction to the field of postcolonial medieval studies and examines the historical connections between postcolonial studies and medieval studies.

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This volume provides a comprehensive introduction to postcolonial medieval studies and examines the historical connections between postcolonial studies and medieval studies. Lisa Lampert-Weissig provides new readings of medieval texts including Wolfram von Eschenbach's Parzival, Mandeville's Travels and Guillaume de Palerne, a romance about werewolves set in Norman Sicily. In addition, she examines Walter Scott's Ivanhoe from the perspective of postcolonial medieval studies, as well contemporary novels by Salman Rushdie, Tariq Ali, Juan Goytisolo, and Amitav Ghosh.

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4 black & white illustrations

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Edinburgh University Press

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