Middle English Marvels: Magic, Spectacle, and Morality in the Fourteenth Century

by Tara Williams

Book Overview

This multidisciplinary volume illustrates how representations of magic in fourteenth-century romances link the supernatural, spectacle, and morality in distinctive ways.

Supernatural marvels represented in vivid visual detail are foundational to the characteristic Middle English genres of romance and hagiography. In Middle English Marvels, Tara Williams explores the didactic and affective potential of secular representations of magic...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0271079649
• ISBN13: 9780271079646
• Release Date: July 2019
• Publisher: Penn State University Press
• Length: 184 Pages
• Weight: 0.62 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"