Magic and the Supernatural in Medieval English Romance
- Author / Editor
- Saunders, Corrine J.
Magic and the Supernatural in Medieval English Romance
- Published
- Cambridge: D. S. Brewer, 2010.
- Physical Description
- viii, 304 pp.
- Series
- Studies in Medieval Romance, no. 13.
- Description
- Saunders studies medieval understandings of "magic, enchantment, the demonic, marvel and miracle." Surveys these topics in biblical and classical precedents, focuses on a range of romances in Middle English, and provides an epilogue that looks toward the English Renaissance. Includes recurrent references to Chaucer, his romances, and his commentaries on magic and magicians, with sustained attention to SqT and FranT, which "make clear distinctions" between natural magic and "less acceptable practices."
- Chaucer Subjects
- Squire and His Tale
- Franklin and His Tale