Sylvia Huot: 2 books
Outsiders
The Humanity and Inhumanity of Giants in Medieval French Prose Romance
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2016
Giants are a ubiquitous feature of medieval romance. As remnants of a British prehistory prior to the civilization established, according to the Historium regum Britannie, by Brutus and his Trojan followers, giants are permanently at odds with the chivalric culture of the romance world. Whether they...
Dreams of Lovers and Lies of Poets
Poetry, Knowledge and Desire in the "Roman De La Rose"
Language: English
Release Date: July 5, 2017
The Roman de la Rose explicitly offers an 'art of love', while also repeatedly asserting that the experience of love is impossible to put into words. An examination of the intertextual density of the Rose , with its citations and adaptations of a range of Latin authors, shows that the discourse of...