Merlin and Nimiane- the unifying force for the national unity of Britain at the waning of the Middle Ages as depicted by an anonymous author of the fifteenth-century Prose Merlin
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Abstract
The article analyses a special portrayal of the relationship between Merlin and Nimiane in the English fifteenth-century Prose Merlin. The power couple escapes from their previously distinct and usually dubious renditions to perform a new function that serves the nation-building of a reviving civilization. The political and religious inclinations of the anonymous author are visible in their almost impeccable conduct towards their sovereigns, God, and themselves. The article analyses the unique presentation of the two in the light of the political and social circumstances of the waning of the Middle Ages in Britain and contrasts them with a short analysis of other medieval portrayals of the couple.
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The scientific journal Acta Neophilologica is the review of Slovenian experts in English-speaking, German-speaking and French- and Italian-speaking literary historians that publishes scientific studies of international and domestic scientists in the field of Western-European, American and other literatures in English. The journal pays special attention to the problems from the history of cultural and especially literary and theatre contacts between Slovenia and Western-European literatures, as well as the problems of Slovenian emigrant literature. The articles are published in the world language (English, German, French, Italian) the literature of which the author analyzes, the abstracts are written in a foreign language and the summaries in the Slovenian language.