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2 reviews
Kathleen Basford

D.S.Brewer, 2004

Groundbreaking Book for Green Man Enthusiasts
This books holds a reputation as one of the seminal publications in modern Green Man research, and rightly so. There is little copy in the book save a few pages in the beginning outlining the myth as understood at the time of publication, but where it speaks most loudly is in the photographs. Beautiful black and white pictures from all over Europe capture the broad variety of ways that the Green ...

A Companion to the Gawain-Poet
Jonathan Gibson, Derek Brewer

D.S.Brewer

The essays collected here on the Gawain-Poet offer stimulating introductions to Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Pearl, Cleanness and Patience, providing both information and original analysis. Topics include theories of authorship; the historical and social background to the poems, with individual sections on particularly important features within them; gender roles in the poems; the manuscript itself; the metre, vocabulary and dialect of the ...

A Critical Companion to Beowulf

1 review
Andy Orchard

D.S.Brewer, 2005

BAR NONE!
Yes, you still need the Klaeber (or at least the student's Jack edition) to get Beowulf. And yes, it's always good to read your Tolkien to get the basics...but that aside, Orchard is the ultimate, up-to-date academic resource to study this incredible text. It is very rich, well structured, with a great index, awesome passage maps and outlines, and fine translations of selected passages. Though ...

Merlin and the Grail: Joseph of Arimathea, Merlin, Perceval: The Trilogy of Arthurian Prose Romances ...

1 review
Robert de Boron

D.S.Brewer, 2005

Ian Myles Slater on An Invaluable Service
A cycle of three -- or, by some counts, four -- Arthurian romances attributed to the poet Robert de Boron (or Borron) is of exceptional importance. It seems to have provided the model for the later Vulgate Cycle, which includes "Lancelot" and "The Quest of the Holy Grail," and its successors, including Thomas Malory''s "Le Morte D'Arthur." Obviously, everyone seriously interested in Arthurian ...

T.H. White's The Once and Future King (Arthurian Studies)

326 reviews
Elisabeth Brewer

D.S.Brewer, 1993

creative, rich and wonderful
I loved how detailed and orginal the story was. It's like T.H. White instead of trying to tell the complete story of King Arthur, takes little snippets of the parts he thought were particularly interesting or wonderful and makes them beautiful and rich with life and meaning. His words are full of love and light.The Once and Future King

Perceval: The Story of the Grail

6 reviews
Chretien de Troyes

D.S.Brewer, 2006

One of the most influential books of all time
This unfinnished romance has inspired centuries of literature. Chretien was probably the most popular writer in the 12th century. Despite the age of the book the story is full of issues that concern us today. It is a comming of age story in which a boy becomes a man and learns of his ancestry and potential. It is also a story of spiritual discovery, and the encounter with mystery. The ...

The Origins of Beowulf: and the Pre-Viking Kingdom of East Anglia

1 review
Sam Newton

D.S.Brewer, 2004

A great read
Anyone interested in the history of Vikings and Norsemen should read this book.It kept me reading long into the night.The action sequences were well written and it goes without saying that it should be read before veiwing the movie.If you enjoyed 'Eaters of the Dead' by Michael Crichton you will enjoy this.

Saxo Grammaticus: The History of the Danes, Books I-IX: I. English Text; II. Commentary

1 review
Saxo Grammaticus

D.S.Brewer, 2008

Latter-Day Nordic Gods and Heroes Rejoice!
The Danish monk Saxo lived from about 1150 to after 1216. His erudition and command of Latin got him appointed as scribe to the archbishop of Lund (site of Copenhagen), during which time he wrote the sixteen books of the Gesta Danorum. This 'Deeds of the Danes' stands proudly beside Gregory's History of the Franks, the Venerable Bede's History of the English Church and Nation, and the other ...

Seamus Heaney and Medieval Poetry
Conor McCarthy

D.S.Brewer, 2008

Seamus Heaney's engagement with medieval literature constitutes a significant body of work by a major poet that extends across four decades, including a landmark translation of Beowulf . This book, the first to look exclusively at this engagement, examines both Heaney's direct translations and his adaptation of medieval material in his original poems. Each of the four chapters focuses substantially on a single major text: Sweeney Astray ...

The Gothic (Essays and Studies)

3 reviews

D.S.Brewer, 2001

Gives you a good understanding of Gothic Literature
This is an excellent starting point for those interested in getting a very broad but thorough understanding of Gothic literature. After reading this, you will feel confident in knowing the backbone of Gothic and what it entails. (I might also add that this is a very well-written book; the author is easy to read and very knowledgeable.)

Arthurian Poets: Charles Williams (Arthurian Studies)

2 reviews

D.S.Brewer, 1991

A Worthy Collection
This is an excellent collection of poems by one of the often overlooked members of the the Inklings. Mr. Dodds' useful introduction and organization of these vibrant poems is very helpful, and it's too bad that this book will be read primarily by academics.

Dictionary of Northern Mythology

6 reviews
Rudolf Simek

D.S.Brewer, 1996

Ian Myles Slater on: A Welcome Reference
This is an extremely comprehensive presentation, mainly from the linguistic side, of Scandinavian divine mythology, and related material (literary and inscriptional) from other Germanic-speaking regions. It is a translation, somewhat revised by the author, of "Lexikon der germanischen Mythologie," originally published in 1984. Angela Hall's translation reads well, although the German sentence ...

The Theology of John Donne (Studies in Renaissance Literature)

1 review
Jeffrey Johnson

D.S.Brewer, 2001

The Theological Discourses of John Donne
Jeffrey Johnson, by means of a serious, erudite and documented work, portrays the religious writings of John Donne as texts fruit of a well-founded knowledge of Christian theology, in which the author elaborates, rejects and innovates the discourses of religious dispute of his days. To consider Donne as a full-fledged religious thinker with a personal theological structuring of the Christian ...

A Companion to Chretien de Troyes (Arthurian Studies) (Arthurian Studies)

D.S.Brewer, 2008

Chretien de Troyes is arguably the creator of Arthurian romance, and it is on his work that later writers have based their interpretations. This book offers both crucial information on, and a comprehensive coverage of, all aspects of the work of Chretien de Troyes - the literary and historical background, patronage, his influence on other writers, manuscripts and editions of his work and, at the heart of the volume, major essays on the themes, ...

Chaucer and his World
Derek Brewer

D.S.Brewer, 1996

`Brewer brings to his task a full scholarly knowledge of the sources of Chaucerian biography... Of obvious value to students reading Chaucer and to all who read him for pleasure; more advanced scholars will also find in it much to provoke thought and advance understanding.' TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENTChaucer's tales, rich in comedy and pathos, have an immediate appeal; they draw freely and vividly from the romance and colour of the times in which ...

St Katherine of Alexandria: The Late Middle English Prose Legend in Southwell Minster MS 7
Saara Nevanlinna

D.S. Brewer, 1993

St Katherine of Alexandria was one of the most venerated women saints in medieval Britain. Her legend tells of a woman blessed with all the qualities and virtues appropriate to a Bride of Christ. The story of her life is typical of its genre, sharing its main features with other saints lives. This volume contains the Southwell manuscript of the prose legend of St Katherine; it is the first time that this late medieval English version has ...

Chaucer and Clothing: Clerical and Academic Costume in the General Prologue to the Canterbury Tales (Chaucer ...
Laura F. Hodges

D.S.Brewer, 2005

Religious and academic dress in the middle ages functioned as a metaphorical signifier of spiritual and intellectual standards, implied a given social status, signalled the rejection or possession of garment wealth, and, in the details, suggested the wearer's spiritual state. This book presents the first sustained analysis of the characterizing dress worn by Chaucer's pilgrims who are in holy orders and/or affiliated with universities; the ...

Versions of Virginity in Late Medieval England
Sarah Salih

D.S.Brewer, 2001

This study looks at the question of what it meant to be a virgin in the middle ages, and the forms which female virginity took. It begins with the assumptions that there is more to virginity than sexual inexperience, and that virginity may be considered as a gendered identity, a role which is performed rather than biologically determined. The author explores versions of virginity as they appear in medieval saints' lives, in the institutional ...

The Grail, the Quest, and the World of Arthur (Arthurian Studies)

D.S.Brewer, 2008

The theme of the quest in Arthurian literature - mainly but not exclusively the Grail quest - is explored in the essays presented here, covering French, Dutch, Norse, German, and English texts. A number of the essays trace the relationship, often negative, between Arthurian chivalry and the Grail ethos. Whereas most of the contributors reflect on the popularity of the Grail quest, several examine the comparative rarity of the Grail in certain ...

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