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02196aam a2200385Ii 4500 001 A097011E72D811EDA0B05B7C49ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20221203010154 008 181130t20192018paua b 001 0 eng d 020 $a 9780271079646 020 $a 0271079649 035 $a (OCoLC)1076549499 040 $a YDX $b eng $e rda $c YDX $d OCLCQ $d BDX $d ZQP $d OCLCF $d ZCU $d SILO 050 4 $a PR321 $b .W49 2018 082 04 $a 821.109 $2 23 100 1 $a Williams, Tara, $d 1975- $e author. 245 10 $a Middle English marvels : $b magic, spectacle, and morality in the fourteenth century / $c Tara Williams. 264 1 $a University Park, Pennsylvania : $b The Pennsylvania State University Press, $c [2019] 300 $a viii, 176 pages : $b illustrations ; $c 23 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages [133]-168) and index. 505 0 $a Introduction : why marvels matter -- Mirroring otherworlds : fairy magic, wonder, and morality -- Revealing spectacles : virtue and identity in fair unknowns -- Moving marvels : action and agency in courtly spectacles -- Talking magic : chaucer's spectacles of language -- Conclusion : how marvels matter. 520 $a "A multidisciplinary interpretation of representations of magic in fourteenth-century romances, and how these texts link magic, spectacle, and morality in distinctive ways. By representing supernatural marvels in vivid visual detail, these texts encourage reactions of wonder that have moral effects within and beyond the narrative"--Provided by publisher. 650 0 $a Romances, English $x History and criticism. 650 0 $a Magic in literature. 650 0 $a Marvelous, The, in literature. 650 0 $a Literature and morals. 650 7 $a Literature and morals. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01000085 650 7 $a Magic in literature. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01005497 650 7 $a Marvelous, The, in literature. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01010940 650 7 $a Romances, English. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01099909 655 7 $a Criticism, interpretation, etc. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01411635 941 $a 1 952 $l PQAX094 $d 20231214021957.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=A097011E72D811EDA0B05B7C49ECA4DB 994 $a Z0 $b IOWInitiate Another SILO Locator Search