Title Life in words : essays on Chaucer, the Gawain-poet, and Malory / Jill Mann ; edited and with an introduction by Mark David Rasmussen

Published Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [2014] ©2014

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Description 1 online resource Contents 1 Troilus's Swoon -- 2 Shakespeare and Chaucer: "What is Criseyde Worth?" -- 3 Chance and Destiny in Troilus and Criseyde and the Knight's Tale -- 4 Chaucerian Themes and Style in the Franklin's Tale -- 5 Anger and "Glosynge" in the Canterbury Tales -- 6 The Authority of the Audience in Chaucer -- 7 Parents and Children in the Canterbury Tales -- 8 Satisfaction and Payment in Middle English Literature -- 9 Price and Value in Sir Gawain and the Green Knight -- 10 Courtly Aesthetics and Courtly Ethics in Sir Gawain and the Green Knight -- 11 Sir Gawain and the Romance Hero -- 12 Knightly Combat in Malory's Morte d'Arthur -- 13 "Taking the Adventure": Malory and the Suite du Merlin -- 14 The Narrative of Distance, The Distance of Narrative in Malory's Morte d'Arthur -- 15 Malory and the Grail Legend Summary This volume collects fifteen landmark essays published over the last three decades by the distinguished medievalist Jill Mann Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes PDF title page (viewed May 21, 2014) Subject Chaucer, Geoffrey, -1400 -- Criticism and interpretation Chaucer, Geoffrey, -1400 -- Language Gawain (Legendary character) -- Romances -- History and criticism Malory, Thomas, Sir, active 15th century -- Criticism and interpretation Malory, Thomas, Sir, active 15th century -- Language SUBJECT Chaucer, Geoffrey, -1400 fast Gawain (Legendary character) fast Malory, Thomas, Sir, active 15th century fast Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79068347 Gawain and the Grene Knight fast Subject English literature -- Middle English, 1100-1500 -- History and criticism English language -- Middle English, 1100-1500 -- Semantics. Literature, Medieval -- Themes, motives Arthurian romances -- History and criticism LITERARY CRITICISM -- European -- English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh. HISTORY -- Medieval. Romances Arthurian romances English language -- Middle English -- Semantics English literature -- Middle English Language and languages Literature, Medieval -- Themes, motives Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc. Form Electronic book Author Rasmussen, Mark David, 1953- editor, writer of introduction. ISBN 9781442617414 1442617411

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