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OverviewThis volume collects fifteen landmark essays published over the last three decades by the distinguished medievalist Jill Mann. Bringing together her essays on Chaucer, the Gawain-poet, and Malory, the collection foregrounds the common interest in the semantic implications of key vocabulary such as ""authority,"" ""adventure,"" and ""price"" that links them together. Mann, one of the finest critics of Middle English literature in her generation, uses the concepts suggested by the language of medieval literature itself as a way into the masterpieces of Middle English, including The Canterbury Tales, Troilus and Criseyde, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, and the Morte Darthur. An extended introduction by Mark Rasmussen brings out the nature of the themes that run through the collection, analyses the critical methods in play, and assesses their significance in the context of Middle English studies over the last thirty years. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Jill Mann , Mark RasmussenPublisher: University of Toronto Press Imprint: University of Toronto Press Dimensions: Width: 15.80cm , Height: 3.00cm , Length: 23.40cm Weight: 0.780kg ISBN: 9781442648654ISBN 10: 1442648651 Pages: 400 Publication Date: 03 June 2014 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Temporarily unavailable  The supplier advises that this item is temporarily unavailable. It will be ordered for you and placed on backorder. Once it does come back in stock, we will ship it out to you. Table of ContentsAuthor’s Preface A Note on References List of Essays, with Places of Original Publication Editor’s Introduction, “Jill Mann’s Patience” 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 Darthur 13. “Taking the Adventure”: Malory and the Suite du Merlin 14. The Narrative of Distance, The Distance of Narrative in Malory’s Morte Darthur 15. Malory and the Grail Legend Bibliography IndexReviews'Each essay testifies to Mann's incomparable close reading skills and enviable erudition, reflecting a careful attention to French and Latin sources over a lifetime of thinking about medieval English literature and language.' -- T.S. Miller Sixteenth Century Journal vol 46:03:2015 'Life in Words is a well-rounded look into Jill Mann's catalogue... It provides unique and novel arguments to century-old discussions.' -- Caitlin Santavenere Comitatus vol 47:2016 'Each essay testifies to Mann's incomparable close reading skills and enviable erudition, reflecting a careful attention to French and Latin sources over a lifetime of thinking about medieval English literature and language.' -- T.S. Miller Sixteenth Century Journal vol 46:03:2015 Author InformationJill Mann is Emeritus Professor of English at the University of Notre Dame and a Life Fellow of Girton College, Cambridge. Mark David Rasmussen is Charles J. Luellen Professor of English at Centre College. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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