In this new volume in the series, Tennessee Studies in Literature, Howes (English, U. of Tennessee, Knoxville) presents articles on the use of space and landscape in medieval literature.
Contributors give examples from Middle English, French and Italian authors, showing how setting enhances the emotional response to a story. Some demonstrate how setting creates comparisons with
Biblical or classical themes that serve as keys to meaning. Others discuss the placing of medieval fiction in a historical context to explain otherwise obscure passages. Annotation 穢2008 Book
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