HAVELOK THE DANE

English 13th-century metrical romance. It concerns a prince brought up as a scullion, who, after discovering his true identity, wins the kingdoms of Denmark and England. The poem's emphasis on the simple virtues suggests that it was written for a bourgeois rather than an aristocratic audience. The hero has been identified with the 10th-century king, Olaf Cuaran, who ruled at different times in Northumberland and in Dublin.

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A Literary History of England
Book by Albert C. Baugh; Appleton-Century-Crofts, 1948
Subjects: English Literature--History And Criticism
...seemed well to tell the story of Havelok at some length to show that English...elements suggestive of the fairy tale Havelok the Dane is a well-planned story. As...sophistication of courtly society. In fact Havelok is almost democratic in tone...
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Encyclopedia of Medieval Literature
Book by Robert Thomas Lambdin, Laura Cooner Lambdin; Greenwood Press, 2000
Subjects: Literature, Medieval--Encyclopedias
...ZO? THE DANE. Havelok the Dane is both the name and the hero...found by the fisherman, Grim. Havelok is assigned kitchen duty at...Grim and Goldborough note Havelok's nobility, made obvious...that shines over his head. Havelok learns the truth of his nobility...throne. Then, with an army of Danes, Havelok returns to recover...
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An Introduction to English Medieval Literature
Book by Charles Sears Baldwin; Longmans Green, 1922
Subjects: English Literature--Middle English, 1100-1500--History And Criticism, English Literature--Old English, Ca. 450-1100--History And Criticism
2 Havelok the Dane 1 about 1300 Havelok the Dane , a stronger romance of the same period on the same general...called a lay ; but, whatever was the original, the English Lay of Havelok the Dane 3000 lines is not a paraphrase from the French Lai d...
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The Making of Middle English, 1765-1910
Book by David Matthews; University of Minnesota Press, 1999
Subjects: English Literature--Middle English, 1100-1500--History And Criticism--Theory, Etc, English Philology--Middle English, 1100-1500--Historiography, English Philology--Middle English, 1100-1500--Study And Teaching--History, Great Britain--History--Medieval Period, 1066-1485--Historiography, Medievalism--Great Britain--History
...warm sun ; the quotation is from Havelok, lines 2918 21, in his own edition...The Ancient English Romance of Havelok the Dane, reprinted in James Maidment...quotation at 50. 34 Anon. rev. of Havelok, ed. Madden, The Oxford Literary...
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An Introduction to Medieval Romance
Book by A. B. Taylor; Heath, Cranton, 1930
Subjects: Literature, Medieval--History And Criticism, Romances--History And Criticism
...romances of " King Horn " and " Havelok the Dane " both reflect the spirit of the...please an illiterate audience, and Havelok particularly is very typical of...is extremely unlikely that in " Havelok the Dane " it was portrayed to...
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journal articles on: Havelok the Dane  - 7 results

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Chaucer's Knight's Tale and the Politics of Distinction
Journal article by Walter Wadiak; Philological Quarterly, Vol. 89, 2010
Subjects: Authors--Criticism and interpretation, Ford, Ford Madox--Criticism and interpretation, The Canterbury Tales: the Knight's Tale (Poem)--Criticism and interpretation, Writers--Criticism and interpretation
...of the Middle English Havelok the Dane (ca. 1285), a romance...advancement." (31) Unlike Havelok, however, Arcite notably...romance like Havelok the Dane. For one thing, as...Cannon has shown how Havelok proclaims its value by...
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The Erosion of Oath-Based Relationships: A Cultural Context for Athelston
Journal article by Nancy Mason Bradbury; Medium Aevum, Vol. 73, 2004
...that also includes King Horn, Havelok the Dane, Beves of Hamptoun, Guy of Warwick...oathworthy heroes like Horn or Havelok, but about falsnesse. Secrecy...forward goodness of a Horn, Havelok, Beves, or Guy. Wymound, the...
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New Directions in Oral Theory: Essays on Ancient and Medieval Literatures
Journal article by Philip Shaw; The Modern Language Review, Vol. 102, 2007
Subjects: Books--Book reviews, New Directions in Oral Theory: Essays on Ancient and Medieval Literatures (Book)--Book reviews
...the ways in which a wide variety of texts composed within literate milieux (ranging from the works of Aristotle to Havelok the Dane and Troilus and Criseyde) engage with oral-derived traditions. Such discussions remain to some extent rooted in...
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Predicting Elizabeth: Prophecy on Progress
Journal article by Rachel Kapelle; Medieval & Renaissance Drama in England, Vol. 24, 2011
...from romance depended on the notion that a heros fate was scripted. The title character in the thirteenth century Havelok the Dane, for instance, sets out to regain his birthright on his wifes counsel, which is inspired by an angels prediction...
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The Idea of Anglo-Saxon England in Middle English Romance
Journal article by Mark Griffith; The Modern Language Review, Vol. 102, 2007
Subjects: Books--Book reviews, The Idea of Anglo-Saxon England in Middle English Romance (Book)--Book reviews
...next three chapters deal with ideas of time, place, identity, and the law in Guy of Warwick, Beues of Hamtoun, Havelok the Dane, and Horn Childe and Maiden Rimnild. The last, perhaps rather incongruously, traces similar themes in some late...
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Why Scholarship Matters: Scholars Are an Endangered Species These Days, but What a Poorer Place the World Would Be without Their Dedication to Detail and Passion for Accuracy. They're Our Invaluable Guides to the Monuments of the Life of the Mind
Magazine article by A.D. Nuttall; The Wilson Quarterly, Vol. 27, Autumn 2003
...Mr. Smithers, you are giving a lecture in the schools at 11 on Tuesdays," replied, "Ah yes, but that is on Havelok the Dane. You need not go to that." More worryingly, for all the scholarly ideal of objectivity, I have a distinct impression...


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encyclopedia articles on: Havelok the Dane  - 2 results

 
 
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Havelok the Dane
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
HAVELOK THE DANE English 13th-century metrical romance. It concerns a prince brought up as a scullion, who, after discovering his true identity...
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Middle English Literature
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...English (see Arthurian legend ). Original English romances based upon indigenous material include King Horn and Havelok the Dane , both 13th-century works that retain elements of the Anglo-Saxon heroic tradition. However, French romances...


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