Medieval English and Dutch Literatures: The European Context: Essays in Honour of David F. Johnson Tracy Larissa
Medieval English and Dutch Literatures: The European Context: Essays in Honour of David F. Johnson Tracy Larissa Few scholars have contributed as much to the wider view of medieval England and its…
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Medieval English and Dutch Literatures: The European Context: Essays in Honour of David F. Johnson Tracy Larissa
Few scholars have contributed as much to the wider view of medieval England and its cultural contacts with the Low Countries than Professor David F. Johnson. They explore a plethora of material, His wide-ranging scholarship embraces both the textual traditions of Old English, especially in manuscript production, and later medieval romances in both English and Middle Dutch, highlighting their common texts, motifs, and themes.Taking Johnson's work as its starting point and model, the essays collected here investigate early English manuscript production and preservation, illuminating the complexities of reinterpreting Old English poetry, particularly Beowulf, and then go on to pursue those nuances through later English and Middle Dutch Arthurian romances and drama, including Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, The Canterbury Tales, and the Roman van Walewein.