The medieval Python
Subtitle: the purposive and provocative work of Terry Jones
By: [edited] by Toshiyuki Takamiya and R.F. Yeager
Contributors: Jones, Terry, 1942- honouree
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan; Springer
Published: 2012
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 277
ISBN-13: 9780230112674
Subjects: Knowledge and learning; Medievalists; English literature; History and criticism; Medieval Literature; HISTORY / Medieval; RELIGION / General; Appreciation; Study and teaching; Medieval Civilization; LITERARY CRITICISM / Medieval
Description: "The Medieval Python: Essays presented to Terry Jones on the Occasion of His Seventieth Birthday collects original essays by eighteen prominent medievalists in literature and history to celebrate the work of a dedicated independent scholar whose consistently independent literary and historical criticism has several times redirected how we understand the world of Chaucer and his contemporaries. His film and television productions have entertained and educated generations of viewers about life in the Middle Ages"--