Against All England

Robert W. Barrett, Jr.

Description

Against All England examines a diverse set of poems, plays, and chronicles produced in Cheshire and its vicinity from the 1190s to the 1650s that collectively argue for the localization of British literary history. These works, including very early monastic writing emanating from St. Werburgh’s Abbey, the Chester Whitsun plays, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, seventeenth-century ceremonials, and various Stanley romances, share in the creation and revision of England’s cultural tradition, demonstrating a vested interest in the intersection of landscape, language, and politics. Barrett’s book grounds itself in Cestrian evidence in order to offer scholars a new, dynamic model of cultural topography, one that acknowledges the complex interlacing of regional and national identities within the longue durée extending from the post-Conquest period to the Restoration. Covering nearly five centuries of literary production within a single geographical location, the book challenges still dominant chronologies of literary history that emphasize cultural rupture and view the “Renaissance” as a sharp break from England’s medieval past.

Sujets

• Jewish
• Medieval
• HISTORY
• Histoire
• Idioma inglés
• Idioma galés
• Edad Media
• Jews
• Middle Ages
• Irish
• English
• European
• Welsh
• Scottish
• Musique irlandaise
• Anglais
• Europe

Informations

• Publié par: University of Notre Dame Press
• Date de parution: 15 janvier 2009
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9780268075705
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 8 Mo

Extrait

AG A I N S T A L L England Regional Identity and CheshireWriting,1195 – 1656

Robert W. Barrett, Jr.

Agaînst A Engand

MÉDîÉVĀ  Ā ND É Ā R Y MÔDÉR N

Serîes Edîtors: Davîd Aers, Sarah Beckwîth, and James Sîmpson

Ā G Ā î N S T Ā   England

Regîona Identîty and Cheshîre Wrîtîng, –

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Unîversîty of Notre Dame Press Notre Dame, Indîana

Çô © 2009  Uéŝ ô Nôé Dàé Nôé Dàé, îàà 46556 .ûéŝŝ..éû Ā Rŝ Réŝéé

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bàé, Rôé W., 1969– Āàŝ à Éà : éôà é à Çéŝé , 1195–1656 / Rôé W. bàé, J. . ç. — (Réôàôŝ: ééà à éà ôé) îçûéŝ ôàçà éééçéŝ à é. îSbN-13: 978-0-268-02209-9 (. : à. àé) îSbN-10: 0-268-02209-7 (. : à. àé) 1. Éŝ éàûé—Éà—Çéŝé—Hŝô à ççŝ. 2. éàûé à ŝôçé—Éà—Çéŝé. 3. Çéŝé (Éà)—î éàûé. 4. Çéŝé (Éà)—îééçûà é. î. Té. PR8309.Ç47b37 2009 820.9'94271—ç22 2008035611

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C o n t e n t s

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P A R T 1

Chester the Cîty: Contestîng Urban Space în Monastîc Wrîtîng and Cîvîc Performance

c h a p t e r o n e ô Çôŝé ô Çôôàô: îà Çéŝé  bééçé Éçôû à Sà’ŝ é 27

c h a p t e r t w o Gôûŝ ô Gàçé: Môé Méà à Pôçéŝŝôà Péôàçé  é Çéŝé Wŝû Pàŝ 59

c h a p t e r t h r e e Chester’s Trîumph: Āŝéçé à Āûô  Séééé-Çéû Çç Çééôà 96

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Cheshîre the County: Destabîîzîng Natîona Identîty în Regîona Romance

c h a p t e r f o u r Héàç Déçéŝ/Çàç Dŝôŝ:Sîr Gawaîn and the Green Knîghtà é Sçôé-Gôŝéô Tà 133

c h a p t e r f I v e Tô Séŝ ààŝ Ā Éà: Çééà Réôà Āi  é Sàé à Rôàçéŝ 171

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F I g u r e s

FIgure 1 Éà Hû î à é Çéŝé ààé  Dàé K’ŝVae-Roya of Engand(1656). îûŝàô ôôŝé . 130. b éŝŝô ô é Hûô à, Sà Màô, Çàôà. 8

FIgure 2 bàé, J.

S. Nçôàŝ’ŝ Çàé (2002). Pôôà  Rôé W. 12

FIgure 3 Té çûçô à  é à ô ûçà’ŝDe aude Cestrîe(çà. 1195). MS bôé 672, ô. 60 éà. b éŝŝô ô é bôéà à, Uéŝ ô Ôô. 43

FIgure 4 Té ŝàûé ô Rôé Āé’ŝ “àé ô é ŝôé” (1610). bŝ à MS Hàé 2150, ô. 186 éà. b éŝŝô ô é bŝ à. 115

FIgure 5 ô é ô : é ŝûé àŝ,azure a bend or; é Çôŝàé’ŝ ŝûéŝé àŝ ô Gôŝéô,azure a bend or, a bordure argent; Gôŝéô’ŝ ôŝ-à àŝ,azure a garb or. îûŝàô  Çŝ Çàé. 139

FIgure 6 Gé à Hôôŝ’ŝ ôà ô Çàôé Sàé, Çôûéŝŝ ô Dé, àŝ Méà (1632). © Çŝé’ŝ îàéŝ ., 2009. 200

FIgure 7 Té “ŝ” éŝçô é “éçŝ” ô S. Wéû’ŝ ôû é ŝééŝ ô Çéŝé (21 Jûé 2007). Pôôà  Nçôàŝ . © Màé Pôjéçŝ, 2009. 214

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