Norman Simms

Sir Gawain and the Knight of the Green Chapel

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Although the Middle English poem known as 'Sir Gawain and the Green Knight' is assumed to be a kind of comic or satirical romance deriving from the Christian courts of England in the fourteenth century, several strange features suggest a different origin and generic categorization.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: University Press of America
• Seitenzahl: 430
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. April 2002
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 603g
• ISBN-13: 9780761821519
• ISBN-10: 0761821511
• Artikelnr.: 30624124

Autorenporträt

Norman Simms is Senior Lecturer at Waikato University, New Zealand.

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1 Preface Chapter 2 Introduction Chapter 3 From Judith to Grendel
and Beyond the Pepuce: The Blood of Menstruation, Decapitation and
Circumcision Chapter 4 The Ungreen Chapel and a Bargain which is Unbinding
Chapter 5 From the Castle of Discourse to the Chapel of Repression Chapter
6 Crypto-Jewish and Converso Contexts: The Unbearable Darkness of Being
Nothing Chapter 7 The Romance of Jewishness: Arthur, Order, and Oratia
Chapter 8 Yep, Slime, and the Green Girdle Chapter 9 From Sanctification to
Scarification of the Name: The Massacre of Innocence Chapter 10 From
Gawain's Circumcision to his Circumspection: Why this Knight is Different
from All Other Knights Chapter 11 Epilogue Chapter 12 Index