{"product_id":"heroes-and-anti-heroes-in-medieval-neil-m-r-cartlidge-9781843844952","title":"Heroes and Anti-Heroes in Medieval Romance","description":"Investigations into the heroic - or not - behaviour of the protagonists of medieval romance. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMedieval romances so insistently celebrate the triumphs of heroes and the discomfiture of villains that they discourage recognition of just how morally ambiguous, antisocial or even downright sinister their protagonists can be, and, correspondingly, of just how admirable or impressive their defeated opponents often are. This tension between the heroic and the antiheroic makes a major contribution to the dramatic complexity of medieval romance, but it is not an aspect of the genre that has been frequently discussed up until now. Focusing on fourteen distinct characters and character-types in medieval narrative, this book illustrates the range of different ways in which the imaginative power and appeal of romance-texts often depend on contradictions implicit in the very ideal of heroism. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e NEIL CARTLIDGE is Professor of English Studies at the University of Durham \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Contributors: Neil Cartlidge, Penny Eley, David Ashurst, Meg Lamont, Laura Ashe, Judith Weiss, Gareth Griffith, Kate McClune, Nancy Mason Bradbury, Ad Putter, Robert Rouse, Siobhain Bly Calkin, James Wade, Stephanie Vierick Gibbs Kamath\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Neil M. R. Cartlidge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1843844958\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781843844952\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Boydell \u0026amp; Brewer\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/16\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 258\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.81lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.55d","brand":"Neil M. R. Cartlidge","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44567192535295,"sku":"9781843844952","price":37.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_3764bf20-11b1-4f10-957d-585fbd1c1a46.jpg?v=1701376487","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/heroes-and-anti-heroes-in-medieval-neil-m-r-cartlidge-9781843844952","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}