Telling Tales
Subtitle: Medieval Narratives and the Folk Tradition
Contributors: Francesca Canade Sautman (Editor); Diana Conchado (Editor); Giuseppe Carlo Di Scipio (Editor)
Edition: 1st ed edition
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: May 15, 1998
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 332
ISBN-13: 9780312211318
Subjects: Folklore; Social Science; Literature - Classics / Criticism; Literary Criticism; Folklore & Mythology - Folklore; Medieval; Literary Criticism & Collections / Medieval; European - General; Folklore & Mythology; World - General; Civilization, Medieval; Europe; Tales, Medieval
First sentence: Medieval literature may have suffered most at the hands of those who profess to love it most dearly, and overarching interpretations of the medieval world, rife with narrow cultural assumptions, have often put it in a stranglehold.