Medieval English Literature, 1st ed. 2016 New Casebooks Series

Series Editor's Preface.- Notes on Contributors.- Chronology.- Introduction: The Challenges and Rewards of Medieval English Literature; Beatrice Fannon .- PART I: READING MEDIEVAL ROMANCE.- 1. The Ownsership of Literature: Medieval Literature in its Historical Context; John Hines .- 2. Liminality in Middle English Arthurian Romances; Raluca Radulescu.- 3. Shifting Identities and Lanscapes in Sir Gawain and the Green Knight; Gillian Rudd.- 4. Untraditional Medieval Literature: Romance, Fabliaux, Robin Hood and 'King and Subject' Ballads; Stephen Knight.- PART II: CHAUCER.- 5. Politics in the Reign of Richard II and the Works of Chaucer; Helen Phillips.- 6. The Consolations and Conflicts of History: Chaucer's 'Monk's Tale'; Rob Gossedge.- 7. Authors and Readers in Chaucer's House of Fame; Lewis Beer.- 8. Tie Knots and Slip Knots: Sexual Difference and Memory in Chaucer's Troilus and Criseyde; Ruth Evans.- 9. Chaucer and the Poetics of Gold; Valerie Allen.- PART III: RELIGIOUS TEXTS AND CONTEXTS.- 10. The Torment of the Cross: Perspectives on the Crucifixion in Medieval Lyric and Drama; Beatrice Fannon.- 11. Encountering Piers Plowman; Catherine Batt12. Work in Progress: Spiritual Authorship and the Middle English Mystics; Roger Ellis.- 13. Women's Voices in Middle English Literature: Who Gets to Speak and How?; Sheila Fisher .- 14. History, Frescoes, and Reading the Middle Ages: A Final Note; Martin Coyle.- Further Reading.- Index.

Beatrice Fannon completed her doctorate at Cardiff University in 2012. Although primarily a Spenserian, her research interests extend to patristic literature and Christian theology, and medieval as well as Renaissance literature and the Reformation.