William Morris and the uses of violence, 1856-1890
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| Natura: | Elettronico eBook |
| Lingua: | inglese |
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New York :
Anthem Press,
2013.
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Sommario:
- Introduction: Warriors waiting for the word
- The early romances and the transformative touch of violence
- Knightly women and the imagination of battle in the defence of Guenevere, and other poems
- Sigurd the Volsung and the parameters of manliness
- Crossing the river of violence: the Germanic antiwars and the uncivilized uses of work and play
- All for the cause: fellowship, sacrifice and fruitful war
- Afterword: Hopeful strife and blameless peace.