Representing Righteous Heathens in Late Medieval England
This book surveys the appearances of righteous heathens or virtuous pagans in travel literature, chronicles, romances, and sermons, as well as in the work of Langland, Chaucer and Gower. Grady also illustrates the way these figures have been used to explore a variety of historical, cultural and formal literary issues.
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Representing Righteous Heathens in Late Medieval England
This book surveys the appearances of righteous heathens or virtuous pagans in travel literature, chronicles, romances, and sermons, as well as in the work of Langland, Chaucer and Gower. Grady also illustrates the way these figures have been used to explore a variety of historical, cultural and formal literary issues.
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Representing Righteous Heathens in Late Medieval England

Representing Righteous Heathens in Late Medieval England

by F. Grady
Representing Righteous Heathens in Late Medieval England

Representing Righteous Heathens in Late Medieval England

by F. Grady

Hardcover(2009)

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Overview

This book surveys the appearances of righteous heathens or virtuous pagans in travel literature, chronicles, romances, and sermons, as well as in the work of Langland, Chaucer and Gower. Grady also illustrates the way these figures have been used to explore a variety of historical, cultural and formal literary issues.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781403966995
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan US
Publication date: 03/05/2009
Series: The New Middle Ages
Edition description: 2009
Pages: 214
Product dimensions: 5.51(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.03(d)

About the Author

FRANK GRADY is Associate Professor of English, University of Missouri, St. Louis, USA.

Table of Contents

Introduction Mandeville's 'Gret Meruayle' The Trouble With Trajan Alexander and the Indians Gower, Chaucer, and Pagan Antiquity Revisited Conclusion
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