The Sea and Medieval English Literature

by Sebastian I. Sobecki

As the first cultural history of the sea in medieval English literature, this book traces premodern myths of insularity from their Old English beginnings to Shakespeare's 'Tempest'. Beginning with a discussion of biblical, classical and pre-Conquest treatments of the sea, it investigates how such works as the Anglo-Norman 'Voyage of St Brendan', the Tristan romances, the chronicles of Matthew Paris, 'King Horn, Patience, The Book of Margery Kempe'...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1843841371
• ISBN13: 9781843841371
• Release Date: December 2007
• Publisher: Boydell & Brewer
• Length: 218 Pages
• Weight: 1.43 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.5" x 9.5"