New Medieval Literatures 23

New Medieval Literatures is an annual that explores medieval textual cultures, engaging with intellectual and cultural pluralism. It covers a range of European cultures, from the eleventh to the fifteenth centuries, and includes essays on law and literature, manuscript production, patronage, aesthetics, geographies, gender, and psychoanalysis. Investigations range from Geoffrey Chaucer's Boece to the Holy Lands, Grendel's mother, St. Erkenwald, and the late medieval Speculum Christiani.

Format: Hardback
Length: 302 pages
Publication date: 28 March 2023
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer Ltd

New Medieval Literatures is an esteemed annual publication dedicated to exploring the rich tapestry of medieval textual cultures. It strives to engage with the intellectual and cultural diversity of the Middle Ages, presenting the most cutting-edge research in this field. With an inclusive scope that encompasses a wide range of European cultures, New Medieval Literatures embraces the theoretical, archival, philological, and historicist methodologies associated with medieval literary studies.

The essays within this volume delve into diverse and captivating themes, including the intersection of law and literature, the artistry behind manuscript production, the exploration of real and imagined geographies, the complexities of gender relations, and their profound impact on narrative theory and psychoanalysis. The investigations span from the eleventh to the fifteenth centuries, traversing England and the eastern Mediterranean. New arguments are presented regarding the dating, contextualization, and significance of Geoffrey Chaucer's Boece, while the narrative dynamics of Chaucer's Franklin's Tale and Tale of Melibee are examined from fresh perspectives.

The topography of the Holy Lands emerges as both a series of emotional sites, vividly depicted in the Prick of Conscience's account of the end of the world, and as coordinates in the cultural imagination of medieval society. Grendel's mother emerges as the invisible and unavowable center of male heroic culture in Beowulf, and the fourteenth-century St. Erkenwald is brought into contact with the community-building project of medieval death investigations. Finally, when read through the lens of how its medieval scribes encountered and shaped the late medieval Speculum Christiani, it is revealed to be a work with profound aesthetic investments.

New Medieval Literatures serves as a vital platform for scholars and enthusiasts alike, fostering interdisciplinary dialogue and advancing our understanding of the multifaceted and dynamic world of medieval textual cultures.

Weight: 458g
Dimension: 145 x 225 x 23 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781843846468