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Index
Contents
Preface
Introduction
THE RELIGIOUS CONTEXT
LITERACY AND READING
THE MEDIEVAL POET
THINKING MEDIEVALLY
ON TO THE LITERATURE
I. Beowulf
ON DIGRESSIONS
OF KINGS AND MONSTERS
THE TROUBLE WITH GEATS
BEOWULF AND THE QUESTION OF EVIL
II. Chrétien de Troyes
EPIC AND ROMANCE
EREC AND ENIDE AND YVAIN
LANCELOT AND PERCEVAL
III. The Lais of Marie de France
MEDIEVAL WOMEN WRITERS
THE LAIS
IV. The Romance of the Rose
A MEDIEVAL “BEST-SELLER”
FOCUSING ON LOVE
GUILLAUME’S DREAM
JEAN TAKES OVER
V. The Tale of Genji
LEAVING EUROPE
READING GENJI
VI. Jewish Literature
THE JEWS IN CHRISTIAN EUROPE
THE JEWS IN MOSLEM SPAIN
VII. Sagas
ICELAND AND THE SAGAS
EGIL AND LAXDOELA
NJAL’S SAGA
VIII. Dante
THE HIGH POINT OF THE MIDDLE AGES
HELL
PURGATORY
PARADISE
IX. Pearl and Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
FOURTEENTH-CENTURY ENGLAND
PEARL
SIR GAWAIN AND THE GREEN KNIGHT
X. Chaucer
CHAUCER’S CONTEMPORARIES
EARLY CHAUCER
THE CANTERBURY TALES
Epilogue (But Not Retraction): From the Author to the Reader
Notes
Introduction
Chapter IV
Chapter VI
Chapter IX
Chapter X
Bibliography
List of Names and Terms
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