Medieval Literature Books

New and Published Books

1. The Poetic Edda

   Essays on Old Norse Mythology

   Edited by Paul Acker, Carolyne Larrington

   Series: Garland Medieval Casebooks

   This collection of applies significant critical approaches to the mythological poetry of the Poetic Edda, a principal source for Old Norse cosmography and the legends of Odin, Loki, and Thor. It also provides useful introductions that sketch the critical history of the Eddas. By applying new...

   Published March 21st 2013 by Routledge
2. Cultural Difference and Material Culture in Middle English Romance

   Normans and Saxons

   By Dominique Battles

   Series: Routledge Studies in Medieval Literature and Culture

   This book explores how the cultural distinctions and conflicts between Anglo-Saxons and Normans originating with the Norman Conquest of 1066 prevailed well into the fourteenth century and are manifest in a significant number of Middle English romances including King Horn, Havelok the Dane, Sir...

   Published March 11th 2013 by Routledge
3. Revisiting the Poetic Edda

   Essays on Old Norse Heroic Legend

   Edited by Paul Acker, Carolyne Larrington

   Series: Routledge Medieval Casebooks

   Bringing alive the dramatic poems of Old Norse heroic legend, this new collection offers accessible, ground-breaking and inspiring essays which introduce and analyse the exciting legends of the two doomed Helgis and their valkyrie lovers; the dragon-slayer Sigurðr; Brynhildr the implacable...

   Published January 28th 2013 by Routledge
4. The Romance of Arthur

   An Anthology of Medieval Texts in Translation, 3rd Edition

   Edited by Norris Lacy, James Wilhelm

   The Romance of Arthur, James J. Wilhelm’s classic anthology of Arthurian literature, is an essential text for students of the medieval Romance tradition. This fully updated third edition presents a comprehensive reader, mapping the course of Arthurian literature, and is expanded to cover: key...

   Published December 6th 2012 by Routledge
5. Medievalisms

   Making the Past in the Present

   By Tison Pugh, Angela Weisl

   From King Arthur and Robin Hood, through to video games and jousting-themed restaurants, medieval culture continues to surround us and has retained a strong influence on literature and culture throughout the ages. This fascinating and illuminating guide is written by two of the leading contemporary...

   Published August 9th 2012 by Routledge
6. Regional Cuisines of Medieval Europe

   A Book of Essays

   Edited by Melitta Weiss Adamson

   Series: Garland Medieval Casebooks

   Expert food historians provide detailed histories of the creation and development of particular delicacies in six regions of medieval Europe-Britain, France, Italy, Sicily, Spain, and the Low Countries....

   Published June 1st 2012 by Routledge
7. Sexuality in Medieval Europe

   Doing Unto Others, 2nd Edition

   By Ruth Mazo Karras

   ‘The best short introduction to medieval sexuality that I have read: a remarkable book.’ -Vern Bullough, Reviews in History 'Undergraduate and graduate students will find in Karras’ book an extremely helpful guide to what can be a confusing and perplexing body of scholarship. Even established...

   Published March 6th 2012 by Routledge
8. Chaucer and the Social Contest (Routledge Revivals)

   By Peggy Knapp

   First published in 1990, Chaucer and the Social Contest takes a fresh view of The Canterby Tales, by placing the storytelling contest among the Canterbury pilgrims within the larger social contests in the changing England of the late fourteenth century. The author focuses on three crucial fields of...

   Published March 1st 2012 by Routledge
9. Sin and Filth in Medieval Culture

   The Devil in the Latrine

   By Martha Bayless

   Series: Routledge Studies in Medieval Literature and Culture

   This important new contribution to the history of the body analyzes the role of filth as the material counterpart of sin in medieval thought. Using a wide range of texts, including theology, historical documents, and literature from Augustine to Chaucer, the book shows how filth was regarded as...

   Published December 21st 2011 by Routledge
10. Crying in the Middle Ages

    Tears of History

    Edited by Elina Gertsman

    Series: Routledge Studies in Medieval Religion and Culture

    Sacred and profane, public and private, emotive and ritualistic, internal and embodied, medieval weeping served as a culturally charged prism for a host of social, visual, cognitive, and linguistic performances. Crying in the Middle Ages addresses the place of tears in Jewish, Christian, and...

    Published October 20th 2011 by Routledge