Guy of Warwick: Icon and Ancestor (Studies in Medieval Romance) (Studies in Medieval Romance)

Guy Of Warwick Is England's Other Arthur. Elevated To The Status Of National Hero, His Legend Occupied A Central Place In The Nation's Cultural Heritage From The Middle Ages To The Modern Period. Guy Of Warwick: Icon And Ancestor Spans The Guy Tradition From Its Beginnings In Anglo-norman And Middle English Romance Right Through To The Plays And Prints Of The Early Modern Period And Spenser's Faerie Queene, Including The Visual Tradition In Manuscript Illustration And Material Culture As Well As The Intersection Of The Legend With Local And National History. This Volume Addresses Important Questions Regarding The Continuities And Remaking Of Romance Material, And The Relation Between Life And Literature. Topics Discussed Are Sensitive To Current Critical Concerns And Include Translation, Reception, Magnate Ambition, East-west Relations, The Construction Of 'englishness' And National Identity, And The Literary Value Of 'popular' Romance.--book Jacket. Editorial Introduction : Namoore Of This! How To Read Guy Of Warwick And Why -- Gui De Warewic At Home And Abroad : A Hero For Europe / Judith Weiss -- Gui De Warewic In Its Manuscript Context / Marianne Ailes -- Guy Of Warwick As A Translation / Ivana Djordjević -- From Gui To Guy : The Fashioning Of A Popular Romance / Rosalind Field -- The Manuscripts And Texts Of The Middle English Guy Of Warwick / Alison Wiggins -- The Speculum Guy De Warwick And Lydgate's Guy Of Warwick : The Non-romance Middle English Tradition / A.s.g. Edwards -- An Exemplary Life : Guy Of Warwick As Medieval Culture-hero / Robert Allen Rouse -- The Visual History Of Guy Of Warwick / David Griffith -- 'in Her Owne Persone Semly And Bewteus' : Representing Women In Stories Of Guy Of Warwick / Martha W. Driver -- Of Dragons And Saracens : Guy And Bevis In Early Print Illustration / Siân Echard -- Guy Of Warwick And The Faerie Queen, Book Ii : Chivalry Through The Ages / Andrew King -- Guy As Early Modern English Hero / Helen Cooper -- Appendix : Synopsis Of The Guy Of Warwick Narrative. Edited By Alison Wiggins And Rosalind Field. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. The first interdisciplinary enquiry into a key figure in medieval and early modern culture. Guy of Warwick is England's other Arthur. Elevated to the status of national hero, his legend occupied a central place in the nation's cultural heritage from the Middle Ages to the modern period. Guy of Icon and Ancestor spans the Guy tradition from its beginnings in Anglo-Norman and Middle English romance right through to the plays and prints of the early modern period and Spenser's Faerie Queene, including the visual tradition in manuscript illustration and material culture as well as the intersection of the legend with local and national history. This volume addresses important questions regarding the continuities and remaking of romance material, and therelation between life and literature. Topics discussed are sensitive to current critical concerns and include translation, reception, magnate ambition, East-West relations, the construction of "Englishness" and national identity,and the literary value of "popular" romance. ALISON WIGGINS is Lecturer in English Language at the University of Glasgow; ROSALIND FIELD is Reader in Medieval Literature at Royal Holloway, University of London. Note on ebook Due to limited rights we are unable to make all images in this book available in the ebook version. If you'd like to purchase the ebook regardless, please email us on trading@boydell.co.uk to obtain a PDF of the images. We apologise for the inconvenience caused. JUDITH WEISS, MARIANNE AILES, IVANA DJORDJEVIC, ROSALIND FIELD, ALISON WIGGINS, A.S.G. EDWARDS, ROBERT ALLEN ROUSE, DAVID GRIFFITH, MARTHA W. DRIVER, SIAN ECHARD, ANDREW KING, HELEN COOPER The first interdisciplinary enquiry into a key figure in medieval and early modern culture.Guy of Warwick is England's other Arthur. Elevated to the status of national hero, his legend occupied a central place in the nation's cultural heritage from the Middle Ages to the modern period. Guy of Warwick: Icon and Ancestor spans the Guy tradition from its beginnings in Anglo-Norman and Middle English romance right through to the plays and prints of the early modern period and Spenser's Faerie Queene, including the visual tradition in manuscript illustration and material culture as well as the intersection of the legend with local and national history. This volume addresses important questions regarding the continuities and remaking of romance material, and therelation between life and literature. Topics discussed are sensitive to current critical concerns and include translation, reception, magnate ambition, East-West relations, the construction of'Englishness'and national identity,and the literary value of'popular'romance. ALISON WIGGINS is Lecturer in English Language at the University of Glasgow; ROSALIND FIELD is Reader in Medieval Literature at Royal Holloway, University of London.CONTRIBUTORS: JUDITH WEISS, MARIANNE AILES, IVANA DJORDJEVIC, ROSALIND FIELD, ALISON WIGGINS, A.S.G. EDWARDS, ROBERT ALLEN ROUSE, DAVID GRIFFITH, MARTHA W. DRIVER, SIAN ECHARD, ANDREW KING, HELEN COOPER Guy of Warwick is England's other Arthur. Elevated to the status of national hero, his legend occupied a central place in the nation's cultural heritage from the Middle Ages to the modern period. Guy of Warwick: Icon and Ancestor spans the Guy tradition from its beginnings in Anglo-Norman and Middle English romance right through to the plays and prints of the early modern period and Spenser's Faerie Queene, including the visual tradition in manuscript illustration and material culture as well as the intersection of the legend with local and national history. This volume addresses important questions regarding the continuities and remaking of romance material, and therelation between life and literature. Topics discussed are sensitive to current critical concerns and include translation, reception, magnate ambition, East-West relations, the construction of "Englishness" and national identity,and the literary value of "popular" romance.

ALISON WIGGINS is Lecturer in English Language at the University of Glasgow; ROSALIND FIELD is Reader in Medieval Literature at Royal Holloway, University of London.

CONTRIBUTORS: JUDITH WEISS, MARIANNE AILES, IVANA DJORDJEVIC, ROSALIND FIELD, ALISON WIGGINS, A.S.G. EDWARDS, ROBERT ALLEN ROUSE, DAVID GRIFFITH, MARTHA W. DRIVER, SIAN ECHARD, ANDREW KING, HELEN COOPER Guy of Warwick is England's other Arthur. Elevated to the status of national hero, his legend occupied a central place in the nation's cultural heritage from the Middle Ages to the modern period. Guy of Warwick: Icon and Ancestor spans the Guy tradition from its beginnings in Anglo-Norman and Middle English romance right through to the plays and prints of the early modern period and Spenser's Faerie Queene , including the visual tradition in manuscript illustration and material culture as well as the intersection of the legend with local and national history. This volume addresses important questions regarding the continuities and remaking of romance material, and the relation between life and literature. Topics discussed are sensitive to current critical concerns and include translation, reception, magnate ambition, East-West relations, the construction of "Englishness" and national identity, and the literary value of "popular" romance. ALISON WIGGINS is Lecturer in English Language at the University of Glasgow; ROSALIND FIELD is Reader in Medieval Literature at Royal Holloway, University of London. CONTRIBUTORS: JUDITH WEISS, MARIANNE AILES, IVANA DJORDJEVIC, ROSALIND FIELD, ALISON WIGGINS, A.S.G. EDWARDS, ROBERT ALLEN ROUSE, DAVID GRIFFITH, MARTHA W. DRIVER, SIAN ECHARD, ANDREW KING, HELEN COOPER CONTENTS ......Page 6 ILLUSTRATIONS ......Page 8 CONTRIBUTORS ......Page 10 ABBREVIATIONS ......Page 12 EDITORIAL INTRODUCTION: Namoore of this! How to read Guy of Warwick and why......Page 16 1. Gui de Warewic at Home and Abroad: A Hero for Europe......Page 24 2. Gui de Warewic in its Manuscript Context......Page 35 3. Guy of Warwick as a Translation......Page 50 4. From Gui to Guy: The Fashioning of a Popular Romance......Page 67 5. The Manuscripts and Texts of the Middle English Guy of Warwick......Page 84 6. The Speculum Guy de Warwick and Lydgate’s Guy of Warwick: The Non-Romance Middle English Tradition......Page 104 7. An Exemplary Life: Guy of Warwick as Medieval Culture-Hero......Page 117 8. The Visual History of Guy of Warwick......Page 133 9. ‘In her owne persone semly and bewteus’: Representing Women in Stories of Guy of Warwick......Page 156 10. Of Dragons and Saracens: Guy and Bevis in Early Print Illustration......Page 177 11. Guy of Warwick and The Faerie Queene, Book II: Chivalry Through the Ages......Page 192 12. Guy as Early Modern English Hero......Page 208 APPENDIX: Synopsis of the Guy of Warwick narrative......Page 224 INDEX ......Page 238