Wales and the Medieval Colonial Imagination [electronic resource] : The Matters of Britain in the Twelfth Century /
Faletra, M.author.
Focusing on works by some of the major literary figures of the period, Faletra argues that the legendary history of Britain that flourished in medieval chronicles and Arthurian romances traces its origins to twelfth-century Anglo-Norman colonial interest in Wales and the Welsh.
Description based upon print version of record.
Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: The Scrap-Heap of History; 1. Geoffrey of Monmouth and the Matter of Wales; 2. Fairies at the Bottom of the Garden: Courtly Britain and Its Others; 3. Chrétien de Troyes, Wales, and the Matiere of Britain; 4. Crooked Greeks: Hybridity, History, and Gerald of Wales; Epilogue: The Birds of Rhiannon; Notes; Bibliography; Index
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Focusing on works by some of the major literary figures of the period, Faletra argues that the legendary history of Britain that flourished in medieval chronicles and Arthurian romances traces its origins to twelfth-century Anglo-Norman colonial interest in Wales and the Welsh.
Literature, Medieval.
Great Britain—History.
Literature—Philosophy.
Culture—Study and teaching.
Fiction.
British literature.
Medieval Literature.
History of Britain and Ireland.
Literary Theory.
Cultural Theory.
Fiction.
British and Irish Literature.