Pulp fictions of medieval England

Essays in popular romance
Herausgeber: Mcdonald, Nicola

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Produktbeschreibung

Pulp Fictions of Medieval England demonstrates that popular romance not only merits and rewards serious critical attention, but that we ignore it to the detriment of our understanding of the complex and conflicted world of medieval England.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Manchester University Press
• Seitenzahl: 258
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Juli 2004
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 330g
• ISBN-13: 9780719063190
• ISBN-10: 0719063191
• Artikelnr.: 22350961

Autorenporträt

Nicola McDonald is Lecturer in English and Medieval Studies at the University of York

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Nicola McDonald 1. Incorporation in the 'Siege of Melayne'
Suzanne Conklin Akbari 2. The twin demons of aristocratic society in 'Sir Gowther'
Alcuin Blamires 3. A, A and B: Coding same
sex union in 'Amis and Amiloun'
Sheila Delany 4. 'Sir Degrevant': What lovers want
Arlyn Diamond 5. Putting the pulp into fiction: The lump
child and its parents in 'The King of Tars'
Jane Gilbert 6. Eating people and the alimentary logic of 'Richard Coeur de Lion'
Nicola McDonald 7. 'The Siege of Jerusalem' and recuperative readings
Elisa Narin Van Court 8. Story line and story shape in 'Sir Percyvell of Gales Chrétien de Troyes's Conte du Graal'
Ad Putter 9. Temporary virginity and the everyday body: 'Le Bone Florence of Rome' and bourgeois self
making'
Felicity Riddy 10. Romancing the East: Greeks and Saracens in 'Guy of Warwick'
Rebecca Wilcox