Posts belonging to Category Medieval Literature

Unfortunately no preview available for the Kindle version! Here’s the synopsis though in case you’re interested: My thesis aims to explore certain links between literature and society in the portrayal of courtly society in a group of alliterative texts: Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Awntyrs off Arthure at the Terne Wathelyn, Morte Arthure, Wars [...]

I have made my thesis on medieval English alliterative poetry available as an ebook via Lulu. Here’s the preview:

As far as I know my thesis, which I completed over 10 years ago at the University of Birmingham, has probably been gathering a lot of dust in the library with no contact with anyone from the outside world. I thought it might be nice to share the content. As I say it’s over 10 [...]

Been awhile since I have posted unfortunately due to illness over the last week or so. Progress on the writing has therefore been very slow. However, I did manage to read through Dante’s De Vulgari Eloquentia. Quite useful on his opinion of Frederick’s court and also all the differences in dialects in Italy, plus an [...]