The Story of Horn and Rimenhild (Classic Reprint)
The Story of Horn and Rimenhild (Classic Reprint)

Author: William Henry Schofield

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2017-12-16

Total Pages: 88

ISBN-13: 9780332964225

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Excerpt from The Story of Horn and Rimenhild Eh, HR is a very sophisticated product. While the former has only some short lines, the latter comprises about alexandrines. In tone HR is courtly and feudal, in style elaborate and refined. It is fashioned in the guise of an epic chanson de geste, and contains abundant evidence of having been composed by a well-informed, cultivated, and pious man for the upper classes of anglo-norman society. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

The Story of Horn and Rimenhild
The Story of Horn and Rimenhild

Author: William Henry Schofield

Publisher: Palala Press

Published: 2016-05-16

Total Pages: 88

ISBN-13: 9781356685875

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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Old Englishness in King Horn and Athelston
Old Englishness in King Horn and Athelston

Author: Sonya Louise Veck Lundblad

Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing

Published: 2020-04-30

Total Pages: 183

ISBN-13: 1527549895

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This volume compares characteristics of Old English literature to ‘Matter of England’ romances to determine whether key aspects of the poetry of the former continued in these stories on into the Middle English period. First, the book demonstrates the contemplative tone, respect for nature, and communal mindset present via monastic and hagiographic traditions in Old English poetry, before arguing that the midland romances, King Horn and Athelston, also possess these characteristics. Ultimately, it reveals important aspects of the afterlife of Old English literature and culture in England. Some intriguing discoveries are detailed, including unexpected points of contact between the English and Arabs in both the pre- and post-Conquest periods, as shown by the etymology of Saracen diction in King Horn. Furthermore, comparisons with the dreamer in The Dream of the Rood and an examination of the Old English verb “þencan” used by the Saracen reveal a complicated characterization, which goes deeper than what may be expected for the stock pagan enemy in Middle English romance. The book also investigates the possibility that, in Athelston, there is a reference to the Viking Guthrum, revealing the complex associations that late medieval English culture might have had with its Viking/Anglo-Saxon past. Finally, while looking at Athelston through the lens of the Anglo-Saxon natural world, this study probes what feels like a very Old English sense of kenotic love (via St. Edmund). This is manifested in the promise of grace at the outset of the romance, one that oversees not only a chain of events leading to King Athelston’s final submission and repentance, but also the unification of disparate cultures and a leveling of hierarchies. These romances seem to imbue the stories with a spiritual component, a “concrete universal,” and signify metonymy similar to the elegiac hopeful longing and the communal in the Old English poetry.

The Texts and Contexts of Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS Laud Misc. 108
The Texts and Contexts of Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS Laud Misc. 108

Author: Kimberly Bell

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2010-12-17

Total Pages: 367

ISBN-13: 9004192069

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This book serves as the essential companion to the late thirteenth-century, Middle English manuscript, Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS Laud Misc. 108. It marks a collaborative effort by scholars who investigate the codicological and contextual features of this manuscript’s vernacular poems.

The Middle English Romances of the Thirteenth and Fourteenth Centuries (Routledge Revivals)
The Middle English Romances of the Thirteenth and Fourteenth Centuries (Routledge Revivals)

Author: Dieter Mehl

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2010-10-18

Total Pages: 222

ISBN-13: 1136832246

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First published in English in 1968, this book provides a critical guide to the wide field of the Middle English Romances and gives a helpful survey of the contemporary state of scholarship. Dr Mehl traces the development of Middle English Romances from thee thirteenth to the end of the fourteenth century, and interprets a number of these romances. The emphasis is literary, on their form and dominant themes rather than source-material or language.