Wales and the Medieval Colonial Imagination

Focusing on works by some of the major literary figures of the period, Faletra argues that the legendary history of Britain that flourished in medieval chronicles and Arthurian romances traces its origins to twelfth-century Anglo-Norman colonial interest in Wales and the Welsh.

Auteur
Michael A. Faletra is an Associate Professor of English and Humanities at Reed College, USA.

Contenu
Introduction: The Scrap-Heap of History 1. Geoffrey of Monmouth and the Matter of Wales 2. Fairies at the Bottom of the Garden: Courtly Britain and Its Others 3. Chrétien de Troyes, Wales, and the Matiere of Britain 4. Crooked Greeks: Hybridity, History, and Gerald of Wales Epilogue: The Birds of Rhiannon