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MIDDLE
ENGLISH
MARVELS
M A G I C , S P E C TA C L E , A N D
MORALITY IN THE
FOURTEENTH CENTURY
TARA WILLIAMS
MIDDLE ENGLISH MARVELS
MIDDLE ENGLISH
MARVELS
M A G I C , S P E C TA C L E , A N D
MORALIT Y IN THE FOURTEENTH CENTURY
Ta r a W i l l i a ms
The Pennsylvania State University Press | University Park, Pennsylvania
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Williams, Tara, 1975– author.
Title: Middle English marvels : magic, spectacle, and morality
in the fourteenth century / Tara Williams.
Description: University Park, Pennsylvania : The Pennsylvania
State University Press, [2018] | Includes bibliographical
references and index.
Summary: “A multidisciplinary interpretation of
representations of magic in fourteenth-century romances, and
how these texts link magic, spectacle, and morality in distinctive
ways. By representing supernatural marvels in vivid visual detail,
these texts encourage reactions of wonder that have moral
effects within and beyond the narrative”
—Provided by publisher.
Identifiers: LCCN 2017037190 | ISBN 9780271079639
(cloth : alk. paper)
Subjects: LCSH: Romances, English—History and criticism. |
Magic in literature. | Marvelous, The, in literature. | Literature
and morals.
Classification: LCC PR321 .W49 2018 | DDC 821/.109—dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2017037190
Copyright © 2018 Tara Williams
All rights reserved
Printed in the United States of America
Published by The Pennsylvania State University Press,
University Park, PA 16802–1003
The Pennsylvania State University Press is a member of the
Association of American University Presses.
It is the policy of The Pennsylvania State University Press to
use acid-free paper. Publications on uncoated stock satisfy
the minimum requirements of American National Standard
for Information Sciences—Permanence of Paper for Printed
Library Material, ansi z39.48–1992.
Titlepage:
Detail from
Canterbury Tales
manuscript, ca.
1400–1410, England. EL 26 C 9, Egerton Family Papers,
The Huntington Library, San Marino, California.

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