Description
George R. R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire has sparked a renewed interest in things medieval. The pseudo-historical world of Westeros delights casual fans while offering a rich new perspective for medievalists and scholars. This study explores how Martin crafts a chivalric code that intersects with and illuminates well known medieval texts, including both romance and heroic epics. Through characters such as Brienne of Tarth, Sandor Clegane and Jaime Lannister, Martin variously challenges, upholds and deconstructs chivalry as depicted in the literature of the Middle Ages.
Author: Carol Parrish Jamison
Publisher: McFarland and Company, Inc.
Published: 04/11/2018
Pages: 217
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.60lbs
Size: 8.60h x 5.80w x 0.60d
ISBN13: 9781476670058
ISBN10: 1476670056
BISAC Categories:
- Literary Criticism | Medieval
- Literary Criticism | Science Fiction & Fantasy
About the Author
Carol Parrish Jamison is a professor of English at Georgia Southern University, Armstrong Campus, in Savannah, Georgia. She specializes in medieval literature, linguistics, and medievalism.