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This volume provides a comprehensive introduction to postcolonial medieval studies and examines the historical connections between postcolonial studies and medieval studies. Lisa Lampert-Weissig provides new readings of medieval texts including Wolfram von Eschenbach's Parzival, Mandeville's Travels and Guillaume de Palerne, a romance about werewolves set in Norman Sicily. In addition, she examines Walter Scott's Ivanhoe from the perspective of postcolonial medieval studies, as well contemporary novels by Salman Rushdie, Tariq Ali, Juan Goytisolo, and Amitav Ghosh.
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Lisa Lampert-Weissig is Professor of English Literature and Comparative Medieval Studies at the University of California, San Diego
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Lisa Lampert-Weissig is Professor of English Literature and Comparative Medieval Studies at the University of California, San Diego
Succeeds in pointing the reader to an impressive wealth of resources for exploring a growing, intellectually stimulating and, most importantly, politically indispensable field.
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- PublisherEdinburgh University Press
- Publication date2010
- ISBN 10 0748637176
- ISBN 13 9780748637171
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
- Number of pages232
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