Merlin : knowledge and power through the ages
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- ISBN: 9780801443657
- ISBN: 0801443652
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Physical Description:
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xvii, 275 pages : illustrations, map ; 25 cm - Publisher: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2009.
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Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | British Myrddin-Merlin: wisdom. Myrddin-Merlin -- The earliest materials -- Natural wisdom: Myrddin of Cumbria -- Prophetic wisdom: Myrddin of Wales -- Wisdom at court: Geoffrey of Monmouth's Historia Regum Britanniae -- Twelfth-century natural wisdom: Geoffrey of Monmouth's Vita Merlini -- Medieval Merlin: advice. From prophecy to advice: Wace -- Christian advice: Robert de Boron -- Grand Vizier: the vulgate Merlin -- Darkening advice: the post-vulgate Merlin -- Advising a nation: from Layamon to Malory -- English Merlin: cleverness. Prophecy and advice in decline -- Renaissance cleverness -- Cleverness high and low: the seventeenth century -- Cleverness high and low: the eighteenth century -- The dangers of cleverness: the romantics -- The dangers of cleverness: the Victorians -- International Merlin: education. Continental Merlin: from cleverness back to wisdom -- Toward education: America -- Toward education: Britain -- Education and the novel: White, Lewis, and Cooper -- Education and the novel: historicism, juveniles, and fantasy -- Merlin on screen -- International Merlin. |
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Circulation Modifier | Holdable? | Status | Due Date | Courses |
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Lansdowne Library | PN 57 M4 K58 2009 (Text) | 26040003180268 | Main Collection | Volume hold | Available | - |