Otherworlds: fantasy and history in medieval literature
- Submitting institution
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The University of Reading
- Unit of assessment
- 27 - English Language and Literature
- Output identifier
- 52247
- Type
- A - Authored book
- DOI
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- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- ISBN
- 9780198746003
- Open access status
- -
- Month of publication
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- Year of publication
- 2016
- URL
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- Supplementary information
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- Request cross-referral to
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- Output has been delayed by COVID-19
- No
- COVID-19 affected output statement
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- Forensic science
- No
- Criminology
- No
- Interdisciplinary
- No
- Number of additional authors
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0
- Research group(s)
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- Proposed double-weighted
- Yes
- Double-weighted statement
- Otherworlds' 224pp. examine why medieval writers found fantastical places so compelling. It places texts in a broad context of literary production ranging Britain and Ireland, putting forward original research into contemporary politics and history. Product of 5 years’ research, the book includes consideration of works in Latin, French, and the Celtic languages. The discussion engages the possibilities of modern literary theory to think about medieval notions which are actually a lot less 'other' than they are normally taken to be. The book explores an extensive range of sources to consider the use of real geography to imagine unreal fictional space.
- Reserve for an output with double weighting
- No
- Additional information
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- Author contribution statement
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- Non-English
- No
- English abstract
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