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Book SynopsisThis volume collects fifteen landmark essays published over the last three decades by the distinguished medievalist Jill Mann.
Trade Review'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
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 Index
