Seasons in the Literatures of the Medieval North Langeslag Paperback
Seasons in the Literatures of the Medieval NorthAuthor(s): Paul S. Langeslag\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Boydell & Brewer Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: D.S. Brewer\nISBN-13: 9781843845256, 978-1843845256\nSynopsis\nA fresh examination of how the seasons are depicted in medieval literature.\n\nTo the cultures of medieval northwestern Europe, the changing of the seasons was a material and economic reality that strongly informed the labour, travel and ritual calendars. However, while there has been much research into theinterplay between society and its physical surroundings as reflected in medieval literature, the seasonal aspect of this dynamic has hitherto been neglected.\n This book analyses the narrative and psychological functionsof seasonal settings in the literatures of medieval England and Iceland from the eighth to the fourteenth century, from Beowulf to Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. Dealing with both the material realities and the figurative functions of the seasona.
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