Pulp Fictions of Medieval England : Essays in Popular Romance by Nicola McDonald (2004, Trade Paperback)

Manchester University Press

0719063191

9780719063190

30224276

Nicola McDonald

Trade Paperback

English

Medieval, General, Popular Culture, Poetry, Rhetoric, Books & Reading, European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh

2004

Textbook

Literary Criticism, Language Arts & Disciplines, Social Science

256 Pages

8.5in

0.5in

5.4in

11.5 Oz

Pr321

Pulp Fictions of Medieval England : Essays in Popular Romance

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

2004

2003-068870

821/.03309

College Audience

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