Mikey, the dog who saved the whole worlds...Cedric, the punk dragon who lost his flame...the troll who gets his revenge on the pesky goats.. The young toad who helps the witch with her spells....The wolf who get's his revenge on spoilt Red Riding Hood... And Rufus the rapping pirate who teaches Cuthbert the Cutlass to dance...Have a look inside this book to meet these fantastic characters and find the full stories, all beautifully illustrated by Andrew Prescott
Mikey, the dog who saved the whole worlds...Cedric, the punk dragon who lost his flame...the troll who gets his revenge on the pesky goats.. The young...
This book situates Alfred the Great in his hagiographic context. For 150 years, the fables told in the ninth century about Alfred's childhood have posed interlocking disciplinary challenges to historians committed to evicting romance from history. Blending current Hagiography Studies with historical, literary, and biblical hermeneutics can help us forgo the anti-hagiographic commitments which motivated the scholars who purified the Victorian cult of Alfred by expunging his legends and salvaging his historicity. The book focusses on the typological functions of three Alfredian fables from the...
This book situates Alfred the Great in his hagiographic context. For 150 years, the fables told in the ninth century about Alfred's childhood have pos...