Islands and Cities in Medieval Myth, Literature, and History

Papers Delivered at the International Medieval Congress, University of Leeds, in 2005, 2006, and 2007

192 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

The ‘spatial turn’ in recent discussions about the relevance of ‘space’ and ‘place’ in medieval literature inspired the editors to transcend the boundaries of Europe and extend their investigation to Pre-Columbian America and the Far East. The results are surprising. Since cultures across the world associated both islands and walled cities with notions of paradise, the investigations reveal striking commonalities, e.g., between Dante’s Island of the Purgatorio and the island of Japan. In addition, several contributions outline visitor’s reactions to and influence on medieval cities with similar results (Kyoto, Paris, Nuremberg). Thus the combination of interspatial approaches opens up unusual perspectives on bounded space (whether by walls or by water) in world literatures and history.

• Reihe: Beihefte zur Mediaevistik
• Themen: Biographie, Literatur und Literaturwissenschaft Geschichte und Kritik Literaturwissenschaft, allgemein Antike, Klassik, Mittelalter
• ISBN: 9783631611654
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 23.12.2010
• Größe: 21 x 14.8 cm
• Verlag: Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
• Band herausgegeben von: Andrea Grafetstätter, Sieglinde Hartmann, James Ogier