The Mélusine Romance in Medieval Europe

The Mélusine Romance in Medieval Europe
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Publisher : Boydell & Brewer
Total Pages : 288
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ISBN-10 : 9781843845218
ISBN-13 : 1843845210
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Book Synopsis The Mélusine Romance in Medieval Europe by : Lydia Zeldenrust

Download or read book The Mélusine Romance in Medieval Europe written by Lydia Zeldenrust and published by Boydell & Brewer. This book was released on 2020 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Readers have long been fascinated by the enigmatic figure of M lusine - a beautiful fairy woman cursed to transform into a half-serpent once a week, whose part-monstrous sons are the ancestor of several European noble houses. This study is the first to consider how this romance developed from a local legend to European bestseller, analysing versions in French, German, Castilian, Dutch, and English. It addresses questions on how to study medieval literature from a European perspective, moving beyond national canons, and reading M lusine's bodily mutability as a metaphor for how the romance itself moves and transforms across borders. It also analyses key changes to the romance's content, form, and material presentation - including its images - and traces how the people who produced and consumed this romance shaped its international transmission and spread. The author shows how M lusine's character is adapted within each local context, while also uncovering previously unknown connections between the different branches of this multilingual tradition. Moving beyond established paradigms of separate national traditions, manuscript versus print, and medieval versus Renaissance literature, the book integrates literary analysis with art historical and book historical approaches. LYDIA ZELDENRUST is a Leverhulme Early Career Fellow at the Department of English and Related Literature at the University of York.


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