Drawing on new historical principles, this book examines literary and historical narratives, legal statutes and records, sermons, lyric poetry, and biblical exegesis circulating in medieval England in order to theorize the figure of the outlaw and uncover the legal, ethical, and social assumptions that underlie the practice of outlawry. TIMOTHY S. JONES Adjunct Professor of English at the University of Minnesota, USA and the University of St. Thomas, USA. INDICE: - Introduction - Law and the Narrative of Outlawry - The Literature of Borders - Reading and Representing Transgression - The Exegesis of Outlawry in the Story of David - Outlawry and Romance
- ISBN: 978-1-4039-7616-1
- Editorial: Palgrave MacM
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Páginas: 238
- Fecha Publicación: 19/01/2011
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Desconocido