Literate Laughter
Critical Essays in Medieval Narrative and Poetry
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Beschreibung
This volume serves as an introduction to the critical principles and practices of the renowned medievalist Theodore Silverstein. It contains a selection of important essays by Silverstein which illuminate the formal achievement of a range of medieval poets from Chaucer through Dante to the authors of various Gawain romances. In the center, however, stands the anonymous Sir Gawain and the Green Knight which is analysed from various perspectives. Together these essays exemplify a rhetorical poetics of medieval narrative. They are complemented by contributions on courtly love and literary allegory.
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John C. Jacobs
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Chaucer courtly love Critical Dante Essays Jacobs Laughter literary allegory Literate Medieval Narrative Poetry
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«Silverstein’s Wife of Bath essay has appeared on my reading lists for years, and the essay on Allegory and Literary Form has gone so deep into my thinking that I almost believe I was the one that wrote it.» (Derek Pearsall)
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