Writing the Future

Lazamon's Prophetic History

Inbunden, Engelska, 2002

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This text examines the relationship between literature and history in Lazamon's "Brut", a 12th-century verse history of Britain, while demonstrating Lazamon's use of prophecy as a strategy to unite political and religious ideologies.

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Utgivningsdatum2002-09-12
Mått138 x 216 x 21 mm
Vikt372 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor192
FörlagUniversity of Wales Press
ISBN9780708317143

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Introduction: Critical Views Once and Future Scholarship Current Views: Donoghue and Ambivalence Writing the Future: the Argument Chapter One: Language as Personal History The Prologue of the Brut: Lazamon's Personal History Language as Cultural Product Duty to Heritage Betrayal Duty, History and Bakhtin Chapter Two: Individual Potential and Community Play, Creation and Intent Narrator's Intrusion: Voice, Orality and Textuality Dialogues The Welsh Connection Texts, Community and Prophecy Lazamon and Bakhtin: Back to the Future Chapter Three: History, Prophecy and Possibility Magic and Divination: The Supernatural Merlin as Lazamon's Prophet Prophecy, Possibility and Preaching Lazamon and Bakhtin: Textual and Narrative Potential Appendix: Overview of Lazamon's Brut