Christianity and romance in medieval England / 
edited by Rosalind Field, Phillipa Hardman, Michelle Sweeney. 
 - Cambridge ;  Rochester, NY :  D.S. Brewer,  2010. 
 - xxi, 204 p. ;  24 cm. 
 - Christianity and culture : issues in teaching and research .
 - Christianity and culture. .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>Christianity and the matters of romance.  Medieval classical romances: the perils of inheritance / Helen Phillips ; Celticity and Christianity in medieval romance / Stephen Knight ; Crusading, chivalry and the Saracen world in insular romance / Phillipa Hardman and Marianne Ailes -- Issues and debates.  How Christian is chivalry? / Raluca L. Radulescu ; Magic and Christianity / Corinne Saunders ; Subverting, containing and upholding Christianity in medieval romance / K.S. Whetter -- Reading romances.  Female saints and romance heroines: feminine fiction and faith among the literate elite / Andrea Hopkins ; Athelstan or the Middle English Nativity of St Edmund / Rosaline Field ; Romance traditions and Christian values in Sir Gawain and the Green Knight / Derek Brewer ; Questioning Sir Gawain and the Green Knight: teaching the text through its medieval English Christian context / Michelle Sweeney ; Teaching Malory: a subject-centered approach / D. Thomas Hanks. 
<br/><br/> The essays collected here show how the romances of medieval England engaged with contemporary Christian culture, and demonstrate the importance of reading them with an awareness of that culture. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781843842194 (acid-free paper) 184384219X 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2010278339 
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. No.: </label>GBA9C5843  bnb 
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: </label>015448863  Uk 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Romances, English--History and criticism.<br/>Christianity in literature.<br/>Christianity and literature--History--England--To 1500.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>PR 321  / .C47 2010