Literary Collections - Medieval

A fresh and authoritative new anthology of medieval Arthurian literature. Author: Kathy CawseyPublisher: Broadview Press IncPublished: 10/31/2023Pages: 512Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 1.95lbsSize: 9.21h x 7.80w x 1.02dISBN: 9781554815975About the AuthorKathy Cawsey is Professor of English at Dalhousie University. Elizabeth Edwards is Inglis Professor at the...

"She sees, coming up a second time, earth from the ocean, eternally green;the waterfalls plunge, an eagle soars above them, over the mountain hunting fish." After the terrible conflagration of Ragnarok, the earth rises serenely again from the ocean, and life is renewed. The...

A unique body of medieval literature, the Sagas rank with the world's greatest literary treasures--as epic as Homer, as deep in tragedy as Sophocles, as engagingly human as Shakespeare. Set around the turn of the last millennium, these stories depict with an astonishingly modern...

Charles the king, our emperor great, Has been a full seven years in Spain.As far as the sea he conquered this haughty land.Not a single castle remains standing in his path Charlemagne (768-814) was crowned Holy Roman Emperor in 800 and presided over a...

Waltharius is one of the great monuments of medieval European literature. Set in a fifth-century world of Goths, Huns, Franks, and Burgundians, this poem from the ninth or tenth century tells a lively tale of adventure, treachery, and combat. It recounts the daring escape...