The Revolt of Owain Glyndwr in medieval English chronicles
"Studies the representations of the revolt in English chronicles, from 1400 up to 1580. It focuses on the narrative strategies employed, offers a new reading of the texts as literary constructs, and explores the information they present."--Back cover
| Résumé: | "Studies the representations of the revolt in English chronicles, from 1400 up to 1580. It focuses on the narrative strategies employed, offers a new reading of the texts as literary constructs, and explores the information they present."--Back cover Introduction: Imagining Owain Glyndŵr and the Welsh Rebellion: English Medieval chronicles in context -- Part 1. Narrative strategies and literary traditions -- 'As you shalle heare': the role of the narrator -- 'Eo tempore': Chronological structure and representations of time -- 'Ay in hilles and in mounteynes': spatial structure and representations of space -- Part 2. Imagining the rebellion -- 'With praies and bloudy handes returned again to Wales': imagining individuals in the narratives of the revolt -- 'Barefooted buffoons': imagining the Welsh in the narratives of the revolt -- 'That bareine, vnfertile and depopulate countrey': imagining Wales in the narratives of the revolt -- Conclusions: A multiplicity of voices: readint the narratives of the Welsh revolt |
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| ISBN: | 1903153557 |