Christianity and romance in medieval England / edited by Rosalind Field, Phillipa Hardman, Michelle Sweeney.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextSeries: Christianity and culturePublication details: Cambridge ; Rochester, NY : D.S. Brewer, 2010.Description: xxi, 204 p. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9781843842194 (acid-free paper)
  • 184384219X
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • PR 321 .C47 2010
Contents:
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.
Summary: 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.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

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.

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