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100 1 $aByrne, Aisling$q(Aisling Nora),$eauthor.
245 10 $aOtherworlds :$bfantasy and history in medieval literature /$cAisling Byrne.
250 $aFirst edition.
264 1 $aOxford :$bOxford University Press,$c2016.
300 $a212 pages :$billustrations ;$c22 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
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337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
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504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 187-205) and index.
520 8 $aThis book offers a new perspective on the otherworlds of medieval literature. These fantastical realms are among the most memorable places in medieval writing, by turns beautiful and monstrous, alluring and terrifying. Passing over a river or sea, or entering into a hollow hill, heroes come upon strange and magical realms. These places are often very beautiful, filled with sweet music and adorned with precious stones and rich materials. There is often no darkness, time may pass at a different pace, and the people who dwell there are usually supernatural. Sometimes such a place is exactly what it appears to be - the land of heart's desire-but, the otherworld can also have a sinister side, trapping humans and keeping them there against their will. This book takes a fresh look at how medieval writers understood these places and why they found them so compelling. It focuses on texts from England, but places this material in the broader context of literary production in medieval Britain and Ireland. The narratives examined in this book tell a rather surprising story about medieval notions of these fantastical places.
505 00 $gMachine generated contents note:$tSources of Belief and the Celtic Connection --$tReal Otherworlds? --$t`He com into a fair cuntray': Words for Literary Worlds --$tFiction into History --$g1.$tImagining Otherworlds --$tPseudo-Mimesis --$tOtherworld Excess and the Perils of Desire --$tMapping Gender --$tDeath and Deathlessness --$g2.$tOtherworlds and the Afterlife --$tOwein in the Otherworld --$tBiblical Sources and `Celtic' Otherworlds --$tOtherworlds in the Ocean: Scripture and Syncretism --$g3.$tSupernatural Authorities --$tKingship, Rulers, and Otherworld Realms --$tAppropriating Avalon --$tAlexander's Journey to the Earthly Paradise --$g4.$tArchipelagic Otherworlds --$tNorth Adantic Orbis Alter --$tThese Other Edens --$tIslands of Magic --$tMonstrous Peripheries --$tConclusion: Points of Departure.
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