The Legend of Guy of Warwick
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The Legend of Guy of Warwick

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First published in 1996. This lavishly illustrated study is a comprehensive literary and social history which offers a record of changing genres, manuscript/book production, and cultural, political, and religious emphases by examining one of the most long lived popular legends in England. Guy of Warwick became part of history when he was named in chronicles and heraldic rolls. The power of the Earls of Warwick, especially Richard de Beauchamp, inspired the spread of the legend, but Guy's highest fame came in the Renaissance as one of the Nine Worthies. Widely praised in texts and allusions, Guy's feats were sung in ballads and celebrated on the stage in England and France.
The first Anglo-Norman romance of Gui de Warewic, a Saxon hero of the tenth century was written in the early 13th century; the latest retellings of the legend are contemporary. Examples of Guy's legend can be found in two English translations that survived the Middle Ages, a new French prose romance, a didactic tale in the Gesta Romanorum, and late medieval versions in Celtic, German, and Catalan, as well as English. Guy remained a favorite Edwardian children's story and was featured in the Warwick Pageant, an historical extravaganza of 1906. The patriotism of World War II sparked a resurgence of interest that produced several new versions, mostly folkloric.

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Publisher
Routledge
Year
2021
ISBN
9781000525571
Edition
1
Topic
Literature
Subtopic
Literary Criticism
Index
Literature

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright Page
  5. Dedication
  6. General Editors’ Foreword
  7. Table of Contents
  8. Introduction
  9. Chapter One Antecedents for Guy’s Legend
  10. Chapter Two An Anglo-Norman Hero: The First Guy of Warwick
  11. Chapter Three Guy: A Fourteenth-Century English Hero
  12. Chapter four Late Medieval Adaptations and International Repute
  13. Chapter Five Renaissance Diversity
  14. Chapter Six Penny Histories and Eighteenth-Century Antiquarians
  15. Chapter Seven A Story for Children, Satirists, and Visitors to Warwick
  16. Chapter Eight Apotheosis and Decline in the Twentieth Century
  17. Notes
  18. Bibliography
  19. Index