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"An annotated English translation of the fourteenth-century French prose romance Melusine, by Jean d'Arras"--Provided by publisher.

Melusine (Legendary character) --- Romances --- Melusine (Legendary character) - Romances

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Die Ausschreibung der hier dokumentierten Tagung hatte den umfassenden Literaturbericht Jan-Dirk Müllers von 1985 als Ausgangspunkt genommen, an die Menge und die Vielfalt der seither geleisteten Forschung über den Prosaroman erinnert und zudem darauf verwiesen, dass in diesem Vierteljahrhundert wie wohl nie zuvor in der Fachgeschichte Forschungsparadigmen formuliert, diskutiert und propagiert worden waren; eine Vielzahl von ihnen betraf gerade auch den Prosaroman. Vor diesem Hintergrund steht die an der Jahrtausendwende getroffene Feststellung Müllers: “Eine Geschichte der Prosaromane, die sie nicht mehr nur vor dem Hintergrund ihrer mittelalterlichen Vorläufer betrachtet, ist noch zu schreiben” – ein Ziel, das weiter als je in der Ferne liegen dürfte. Insofern wollen die zwei Dutzend hier vorgelegten Tagungsbeiträge einzig neue Annäherungen an den ebenso vielfältigen wie reizvollen Gegenstand bieten. Günstig mag immerhin zu Buche schlagen, dass er in der Optik verschiedener Disziplinen (neben der Germanistik: Kunst-, Sprach-, Buchwissenschaft, Romanistik) betrachtet wird, dass ferner das Einleitungskapitel eine Tagungsbilanz erstellt und dass abschliessend eine Bibliographie die seit 1985 geleistete Forschung wenigstens als Titelliste fassbar macht.

German literature --- Fiction --- Melusine --- Tyll Eulenspiegel --- anno 1400-1499 --- anno 1500-1599 --- Melusine [Fictitious character] --- Tyll Eulenspiegel [Mythological character] --- German fiction --- History and criticism --- Early modern. --- 1500 - 1700 --- Classical Period --- Early Modern Period

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This book is a typological study of canids and canid imagery in Medieval Celtic cultures. It explores texts ranging from early Irish legal tracts and heroic narrative to exempla from Welsh, Breton, and later Scottish sources.

Celtic literature -- History and criticism. --- Shapeshifting. --- Werewolves in literature. --- Celtic literature --- Werewolves in literature --- Shapeshifting --- Languages & Literatures --- Celtic Languages & Literatures --- Metamorphosis --- Metamorphosis (in religion, folk-lore, etc.) --- Shape-shifting --- Therianthropy --- Leopard men --- Melusine (Legendary character) --- Werewolves --- History and criticism

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Literary transformations from human to animal have occurred in myths, folklore, fairy tales and narratives from all over the world since ancient times, and have always provided a narrative space for depictions of power, agency, and the radical nature of change. In Following the Animal, these transformations are analysed with regards to their use in modern literature from northern-most Europe, with specific attention being paid to the insights they provide regarding the human-animal relationship, both generally in the industrialized West, and against the background of more specific circumstance

Literatur. --- Mensch. --- Metamorphose. --- Metamorphosis in literature. --- Scandinavian fiction --- Scandinavian fiction. --- Shapeshifting. --- Skandinavische Sprachen. --- Tiere. --- History and criticism. --- Blixen, Tania, --- Kallas, Aino, --- Strindberg, August, --- Metamorphosis --- Metamorphosis (in religion, folk-lore, etc.) --- Shape-shifting --- Therianthropy --- Leopard men --- Melusine (Legendary character) --- Werewolves --- Scandinavian literature

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This book offers a much-needed consideration of Melusine within medieval and contemporary theories of space, memory, and gender. The Middle English Melusine offers a particularly rich source for such a study, as it presents the story of a powerful fairy/human woman who desires a full human life—and death—within a literary tradition that is more friendly to women’s agency than its continental counterparts. After establishing a “textual habitus of wonder,” Jan Shaw explores the tale in relation to a range of Middle English traditions including love and marriage, the spatial practices of women, the operation of individual and collective memory, and the legacies of patrimony. Melusine emerges as a complex figure, representing a multifaceted feminine subject that furthers our understanding of Middle English women’s sense of self in the world.

Literature, Medieval. --- Romances, English --- English literature --- Melusine (Legendary character) in literature. --- History and criticism. --- Literature. --- Culture --- Europe --- Literature --- Sociology. --- Sex (Psychology). --- Gender expression. --- Gender identity. --- Medieval Literature. --- Gender Studies. --- Literature, general. --- Literary Theory. --- Cultural Theory. --- European History. --- Sex identity (Gender identity) --- Sexual identity (Gender identity) --- Identity (Psychology) --- Sex (Psychology) --- Queer theory --- Expression, Gender --- Sex role --- Psychology, Sexual --- Sex --- Sexual behavior, Psychology of --- Sexual psychology --- Sensuality --- Social theory --- Social sciences --- European literature --- Medieval literature --- Literature and philosophy --- Philosophy and literature --- Cultural studies --- Belles-lettres --- Western literature (Western countries) --- World literature --- Philology --- Authors --- Authorship --- Study and teaching. --- History. --- Philosophy. --- Psychological aspects --- Theory --- Literature-Philosophy. --- Culture-Study and teaching. --- Europe-History. --- Literature—Philosophy. --- Culture—Study and teaching. --- Europe—History.