Gestures and Looks in Medieval Narrative
(Book #48 in the Cambridge Studies in Medieval Literature Series)
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Gestures and looks played an even more important role in public and private exchanges of medieval society, than they do today. Gestures meant more than words, for example, in ceremonies of homage and fealty. In this compelling study, medievalist Burrow examines the role of non-verbal communication in a range of narrative texts, including Chaucer's Troilus and Criseyde, the anonymous Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Malory's Morte D'arthur, the romances...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0521815649
ISBN13:9780521815642
Release Date:August 2002
Publisher:Cambridge University Press
Length:216 Pages
Weight:1.08 lbs.
Dimensions:0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"
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