The Matter of Identity in Medieval Romance

Erscheinungsjahr 2002
ISBN: 978-0-85991-761-2
Verlag: Boydell & Brewer

Buch, Englisch, 184 Seiten, Print PDF, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 247 mm, Gewicht: 445 g

Twelve essays address a central concern of medieval romance, the matter of identity.

Identity is a central concern of medieval romance. Here it is approached through essays on issues of origin and parentage, transformation and identity, and fundamental questions of what constitutes the human. The construction of knightly identity through education and testing is explored, and placed in relation to female identity; the significance of the motif of doubling is studied. Shifting perceptions of identities are traced through the histories of specific texts, and the identity of romance itself is the subject of several essays discussing ideas of genre (the overlap between romance and hagiography is a theme linking a number of articles in the collection). Medieval romanceis shown as a marketable commodity in the printed output of William Copland, and as an opportunity for literary experimentation in the work of John Metham. The texts discussed include: Chevalere Assigne, Sir Gowther, Sir Ysumbras, Beves of Hamtoun, Robert of Cisyle, the Fierabras romances, Breton lays, Thomas's Tristan and Marie de France's Eliduc.

Contributors: W.A. DAVENPORT, JOANNE CHARBONNEAU, CORINNE SAUNDERS, AMANDA HOPKINS, MORGAN DICKSON, MARIANNE AILES, JUDITH WEISS, JOHN SIMONS, RHIANNON PURDIE, MALDWYN MILLS, A.S.G. EDWARDS, ROGER DALRYMPLE.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Hardman, Phillipa

Weitere Mitwirkende

Edwards, A. S. G.

Hopkins, Amanda

Saunders, Corinne

Charbonneau, Joanne A

Simons, John

Weiss, Judith

Mills, Maldwyn

Ailes, Marianne

Dickson, Morgan

Dalrymple, Roger

Davenport, W A

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Vergleichende Literaturwissenschaft

Inhaltsverzeichnis

The Matter of Identity in Medieval Romance -
Abbreviation and the Education of the Hero in Chevalere Assigne - W A Davenport
From Devil to Saint: Transformations in Sir Gowther - Joanne A Charbonneau
Desire, Will and Intention in Sir Beves of Hamptoun - Corinne Saunders
Female Vulnerability as Catalyst in the Middle English Breton Lays - Amanda Hopkins
Female Doubling and Male Identity in Medieval Romance - Morgan Dickson
Ganelon in the Middle English Fierabras Romances - Marianne Ailes
Emperors and Antichrists: Reflections of Empire in Insular Narrative, 1130-1250 - Judith Weiss
A Byzantine Identity for Robert of Cisyle - John Simons
Generic Identity and the Origins of Sir Isumbras -
Generic Titles in Bodleian Library MS Douce 261 and British Library MS Egerton 3132A - Maldwyn Mills
William Copland and the Identity of Printed Middle English Romance - A S G Edwards
Amoryus and Cleopes: John Metham's Metamorphosis of Chaucer and Ovid - Roger Dalrymple

Über Autor(innen)

Ailes, Marianne
MARIANNE AILES is Professor of French at the University of Bristol.

Hardman, Phillipa
PHILLIPA HARDMAN is Reader in Medieval English Literature (retired) at the University of Reading.

Dalrymple, Roger
Roger Dalrymple is Deputy Director and Professor in the Department for Continuing Education at the University of Oxford

Edwards, A. S. G.
A. S. G. Edwards is Honorary Professor of Medieval Manuscripts at the University of Kent at Canterbury.

Saunders, Corinne
Corinne Saunders is Professor of Medieval Literature at the Department of English Studies, University of Durham.