Two crucial genres of medieval literature are studied in this outstanding collection. The essays in this volume honour the distinguished career of Professor Elizabeth Archibald. They explore two areas that her scholarship has done so much to illuminate: medieval romance, and Arthurian literature. Several chapters examine individual romances, including Emare, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight and the Roman de Silence. Others focus on wider concerns in romances and related works in Middle English, Latin, French, German and Icelandic, from a variety of perspectives. Later chapters consider Arthurian material, with a particular emphasis on hitherto unexamined aspects of Malory's Morte Darthur. It thus, fittingly, reflects the range of linguistic and literary expertise that Professor Archibald has brought to these fields.

About the Author
A. S. G. Edwards is Honorary Professor of Medieval Manuscripts at the University of Kent at Canterbury. CAROLYNE LARRINGTON is Professor of Medieval European Literature at Oxford University and Official Fellow in Medieval English Literature at St John's College, Oxford. Corinne Saunders is Professor of Medieval Literature at the Department of English Studies, University of Durham. MEGAN G. LEITCH is is Reader in English Literature at Cardiff University, Wales. Ad Putter is Professor of Medieval English at the University of Bristol, UK, co-director of Bristol's Centre for Medieval Studies, and Fellow of the British Academy. He is the author and editor of numerous books, with a particular interest in Medieval Romance texts and the works of the Gawain poet. He is currently leading a research project on the literary heritage of Anglo-Dutch relations.


Book Information
ISBN 9781843846161
Author Professor A. S. G. Edwards
Format Hardback
Page Count 258
Imprint D.S. Brewer
Publisher Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Weight(grams) 1g