Chaucerian Spaces explores the affect and the significance of space and place in the first six tales in Chaucer's Canterbury Tales. Relatively little has been written about space in the Canterbury Tales, yet the rewards for attending to this aspect of Chaucer's aesthetic are considerable. Space indicates the potential for characteristic action, development, and a more profound expression of being. In these tales, characters inhabit a landscape and places within it that express their inner life. Emelye in her garden, Palamon and Arcite in the grove--all occupy spaces or places that manifest...

This book is an informal attempt at defining the genre of medieval film by describing its features and analysing its effects and their significance, there being few works presently available that work toward such definition. There are three parts: the introduction enters the medieval film world, describing its typical features and showing how they create a convincing sense of its time,three short chapters discuss authenticity, simplicity and spectacle-the roots of film medievalism,and six longer chapters comment on individual films. Works are discussed that extend the reach of the genre, such...