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Although the Middle English poem known as 'Sir Gawain and the Green Knight' is assumed to be a kind of comic or satirical romance deriving from the Christian courts of England in the fourteenth century, several strange features suggest a different origin and generic categorization.

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Chapter 1 Preface Chapter 2 Introduction Chapter 3 From Judith to Grendel and Beyond the Pepuce: The Blood of Menstruation, Decapitation and Circumcision Chapter 4 The Ungreen Chapel and a Bargain which is Unbinding Chapter 5 From the Castle of Discourse to the Chapel of Repression Chapter 6 Crypto-Jewish and Converso Contexts: The Unbearable Darkness of Being Nothing Chapter 7 The Romance of Jewishness: Arthur, Order, and Oratia Chapter 8 Yep, Slime, and the Green Girdle Chapter 9 From Sanctification to Scarification of the Name: The Massacre of Innocence Chapter 10 From Gawain's Circumcision to his Circumspection: Why this Knight is Different from All Other Knights Chapter 11 Epilogue Chapter 12 Index

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      Publisher: Rlpg/Galleys
      Publication Date: 4/18/2002 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780761821519, 978-0761821519
      ISBN10: 0761821511

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Although the Middle English poem known as 'Sir Gawain and the Green Knight' is assumed to be a kind of comic or satirical romance deriving from the Christian courts of England in the fourteenth century, several strange features suggest a different origin and generic categorization.

      Table of Contents
      Chapter 1 Preface Chapter 2 Introduction Chapter 3 From Judith to Grendel and Beyond the Pepuce: The Blood of Menstruation, Decapitation and Circumcision Chapter 4 The Ungreen Chapel and a Bargain which is Unbinding Chapter 5 From the Castle of Discourse to the Chapel of Repression Chapter 6 Crypto-Jewish and Converso Contexts: The Unbearable Darkness of Being Nothing Chapter 7 The Romance of Jewishness: Arthur, Order, and Oratia Chapter 8 Yep, Slime, and the Green Girdle Chapter 9 From Sanctification to Scarification of the Name: The Massacre of Innocence Chapter 10 From Gawain's Circumcision to his Circumspection: Why this Knight is Different from All Other Knights Chapter 11 Epilogue Chapter 12 Index

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