Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. List of Abbreviations ix
4. Author's Introduction xi
5. I
6. Historical Criticism 1
7. The Doctrine of Charity in Medieval Literary Gardens: A Topical Approach Through Symbolism and Allegory 21
8. Some Medieval Literary Terminology, with Special Reference to Chrétien de Troyes 51
9. Some Observations on Method in Literary Studies 73
10. The Allegorist and the Aesthetician 85
11. II
12. Certain Theological Conventions in Mannyng's Treatment of the Commandments 105
13. Frequency of Preaching in Thirteenth Century England 114
14. III
15. Two Poems from the Carmina Burana 131
16. Five Poems by Marcabru 151
17. The Partitura Amorosa of Jean de Savoie 166
18. Chrétien's Cligés and the Ovidian Spirit 173
19. The Idea of Fame in Chretien's Cligés 183
20. Love Conventions in Marie's Equitan 202
21. IV
22. The Pearl as Symbol 209
23. The "Heresy" of The Pearl 215
24. The Question of Typology and the Wakefield Mactacio Abel 218
25. V
26. The Historical Setting of Chaucer's Book of the Duchess 235
27. The Concept of Courtly Love as an Impediment to the Understanding of Medieval Texts 257
28. Chaucer's Franklin and his Tale 273
29. Some Disputed Chaucerian Terminology 291
30. VI
31. In Foraminibus Petrae: A Note on Leonardo's "Virgin of the Rocks" 305
32. Sidney's Metaphor of the Ulcer 308
33. A Medievalist Looks at Hamlet 312
34. Pope and Boethius 332
35. Notes 341
36. Bibliography 383
37. Index 385