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Speculum Norroenum
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The Saint and the Saga Hero
A compelling argument that far from developing in a literary vacuum, saga literature interacts in lively, creative and critical ways with one of the central genres of the European middle ages.
The End(s) of Time(s)
Crises and end time expectations are closely linked to one another. The present volume collates interdisciplinary research from specialists in the study of apocalyptic and eschatological subjects worldwide and overcomes the existing Euro-centrism by incorporating a broader perspective.
England the Nation
England the Nation is the first book to pay detailed attention to the earlier fourteenth century in England as a literary period in its own right. Thorlac Turville-Petre surveys the wide range of writings by the generation before Chaucer, and explores how English writers in the half-century leading up to the outbreak of the Hundred Years War expressed their concepts of England as a nation, and how they exploited the association between nation, people, and language. At the centre of Turville-Petre's work is a study of the construction of national identity that takes place in the histories written in English. The contribution of romances and saints' lives to an awareness of the nation's past a...
The J.R.R. Tolkien Companion & Guide: Chronology
An in-depth companion to Tolkien's life and works including synopses of all his writings, a Tolkien gazetteer, a Who's Who and chronology. The book is designed to be a central reference work for readers and students of Tolkien.
