Empire of Magic Medieval Romance and the Politics of Cultural Fantasy |
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Author:
| Heng, Geraldine |
Series title: | Emersion: Emergent Village Resources for Communities of Faith Ser. |
ISBN: | 978-0-231-12526-0 |
Publication Date: | Jul 2003 |
Publisher: | Columbia University Press
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Book Format: | Hardback |
List Price: | AUD $182.95 |
Book Description:
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Empire of Magic is expansive in scope, spanning the eleventh to the fifteenth centuries, and detailed in coverage, examining various types of romance-historical, national, popular, chivalric, family, and travel romances, among others-to see how cultural fantasy responds to changing crises, pressures, and demands in a number of different ways. Boldly controversial, theoretically sophisticated, and historically rooted, Empire of Magic is a dramatic restaging of the role...
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Empire of Magic is expansive in scope, spanning the eleventh to the fifteenth centuries, and detailed in coverage, examining various types of romance-historical, national, popular, chivalric, family, and travel romances, among others-to see how cultural fantasy responds to changing crises, pressures, and demands in a number of different ways. Boldly controversial, theoretically sophisticated, and historically rooted, Empire of Magic is a dramatic restaging of the role romance played in the culture of a period and world in ways that suggest how cultural fantasy still functions for us today.