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  • Record Number: 14654
  • Author(s)/Creator(s): Siberry , Elizabeth.
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  • Title: The Crusader's Departure and Return: A Much Later Perspective [The author explores the nineteenth century romantic image of the crusader's departure and return in popular art, poetry, and music].
  • Source: Gendering the Crusades.  Edited by Susan B. Edgington and Sarah Lambert.  University of Wales Press, 2001.  Pages 177 - 190.
  • Description:
  • Article Type: Essay
  • Subject (See Also): Crusades in Art Crusades in Literature Crusades in Music Medievalism
  • Award Note:
  • Geographic Area: British Isles
  • Century: 19
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  • Illustrations:
  • Table: Two Figures. Figure One William Bell Scott, "Return From the Crusade," Watercolor. Figure Two Title page of the song "The Crusader," composed by Augustus Meres with words by Frederic Fox Cooper, published in 1829.
  • Abstract:
  • Related Resources: Elizabeth Siberry eloquently illustrates the ways in which nineteenth-century artists, librettists and writers imagined the hardships posed to the crusader's family by his departure and absence and the unpleasant surprises potentially awaiting his return,
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  • Year of Publication: 2001.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN/ISBN: 0708317057