{"product_id":"life-in-words-essays-on-chaucer-the-gawain-poet-and-malory-paperback-softback-9781487528393","title":"Life in Words; Essays on Chaucer, the Gawain-Poet, and Malory (Paperback \/ softback) 9781487528393","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eLife in Words\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eEssays on Chaucer, the Gawain-Poet, and Malory\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eJill Mann (Author), Mark Rasmussen (Introduction by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781487528393\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 21 October 2020\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e400 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2 cm, 0.56 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u0026amp;#x2018;\u003ci\u003eLife in Words\u003c\/i\u003e is a well-rounded look into Jill Mann\u0026amp;#x2019;s catalogue… It provides unique and novel arguments to century-old discussions.\u0026amp;#x2019;\u003c\/p\u003e - Caitlin Santavenere (Comitatus vol 47:2016) \u003cp\u003e‘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.’\u003c\/p\u003e - T.S. Miller (Sixteenth Century Journal vol 46:03:2015)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis volume collects fifteen landmark essays published over the last three decades by the distinguished medievalist Jill Mann. Bringing together her essays on Chaucer, the \u003cem\u003eGawain\u003c\/em\u003e-poet, and Malory, the collection foregrounds the common interest in the semantic implications of key vocabulary such as “authority,” “adventure,” and “price” that links them together.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMann, one of the finest critics of Middle English literature in her generation, uses the concepts suggested by the language of medieval literature itself as a way into the masterpieces of Middle English, including \u003cem\u003eThe Canterbury Tales\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eTroilus and Criseyde\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eSir Gawain and the Green Knight\u003c\/em\u003e, and the \u003cem\u003eMorte Darthur\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAn extended introduction by Mark Rasmussen brings out the nature of the themes that run through the collection, analyses the critical methods in play, and assesses their significance in the context of Middle English studies over the last thirty years.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eAuthor’s Preface\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA Note on References\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eList of Essays, with Places of Original Publication\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEditor’s Introduction, “Jill Mann’s Patience”\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1. Troilus’s Swoon\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2. Shakespeare and Chaucer: “What is Criseyde Worth?”\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3. Chance and Destiny in \u003cem\u003eTroilus and Criseyde\u003c\/em\u003e and the \u003cem\u003eKnight’s Tale\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4. Chaucerian Themes and Style in the \u003cem\u003eFranklin’s Tale\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5. Anger and “Glosynge” in the \u003cem\u003eCanterbury Tales\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6. The Authority of the Audience in Chaucer\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7. Parents and Children in the\u003cem\u003e Canterbury Tales\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8. Satisfaction and Payment in Middle English Literature\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9. Price and Value in \u003cem\u003eSir Gawain and the Green Knight\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10. Courtly Aesthetics and Courtly Ethics in \u003cem\u003eSir Gawain and the Green Knight\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11. Sir Gawain and the Romance Hero\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12. Knightly Combat in Malory’s \u003cem\u003eMorte Darthur\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13. “Taking the Adventure”: Malory and the \u003cem\u003eSuite du Merlin\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14. The Narrative of Distance, The Distance of Narrative in Malory’s \u003cem\u003eMorte Darthur\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15. Malory and the Grail Legend\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBibliography\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"University of Toronto Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52744448278808,"sku":"9781487528393","price":29.67,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/life-in-words-essays-on-chaucer-the-gawain-poet-and-malory-paperback-softback-9781487528393","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}