Sovereign Fantasies
| Author | : Patricia Ingham |
| Publisher | : University of Pennsylvania Press |
| Total Pages | : 297 |
| Release | : 2001-06-04 |
| ISBN-10 | : 9780812236002 |
| ISBN-13 | : 0812236009 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (02 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Sovereign Fantasies by : Patricia Ingham
Download or read book Sovereign Fantasies written by Patricia Ingham and published by University of Pennsylvania Press. This book was released on 2001-06-04 with total page 297 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Late medieval English Arthurian romance has broad cultural ambitions, offering a fantasy of insular union as an "imagined cimmunity" of British sovereignty. the Arthurian lageneds provided a means to explore England's historical indebtedness to and intimacies with Celtic culture, allowing nobles to repudiate their dynastic ties to France and claim themselves heirs to an insular heritage".
