Medieval Literature and Social Politics: Studies of Cultures and Their Contexts

by Stephen Knight

Book Overview

Medieval Literature and Social Politics brings together seventeen articles by literary historian Stephen Knight.

The book primarily focuses on the social and political meaning of medieval literature, in the past and the present. It provides an account of how early heroic texts relate to the issues surrounding leadership and conflict in Wales, France and England, and how the myth of the Grail and the French reworking of Celtic stories relate...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0367511304
• ISBN13: 9780367511302
• Release Date: January 2023
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 328 Pages
• Weight: 1.02 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.2"