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Colonial Ireland in Medieval English Literature

Elizabeth L. Rambo

出版	Susquehanna University Press, 1994
主題	Literary Criticism / European / English, Irish, Scottish, WelshLiterary Criticism / Medieval
ISBN	094563661X9780945636618
URL	http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=pR5aAAAAMAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api

註釋

Superficial approaches to Middle English literature have only confirmed the cliche of the "wild Irish." Drawing on a wide variety of texts, Colonial Ireland in Medieval English Literature investigates, first, ways in which Middle English literary reference to Ireland and the Irish reflect English attitudes toward the island and her people during the first three centuries of colonial presence. In addition, author Elizabeth L. Rambo considers to what extent these references have influenced the views of English readers, especially educated laypersons. She divides the Middle English literature into three broad classes (chronicles, romances, and hagiographies and other religious writings), ordering works in each class more or less chronologically, and examining references to Ireland and the Irish in each work in the light of the different origins and purposes of the genres.