Chapter Five. Anger and “Glosynge” in the Canterbury Tales

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Author’s Preface vii
4. A Note on References ix
5. Abbreviations xi
6. List of Essays, with Places of Original Publication xiii
7. Introduction. Jill Mann’s Patience xv
8. Chapter One. Troilus’s Swoon 1
9. Chapter Two. Shakespeare and Chaucer: “What is Criseyde Worth?” 20
10. Chapter Three. Chance and Destiny in Troilus and Criseyde and the Knight’s Tale 42
11. Chapter Four. Chaucerian Themes and Style in the Franklin’s Tale 62
12. Chapter Five. Anger and “Glosynge” in the Canterbury Tales 80
13. Chapter Six. The Authority of the Audience in Chaucer 102
14. Chapter Seven. Parents and Children in the Canterbury Tales 117
15. Chapter Eight. Satisfaction and Payment in Middle English Literature 138
16. Chapter Nine. Price and Value in Sir Gawain and the Green Knight 167
17. Chapter Ten. Courtly Aesthetics and Courtly Ethics in Sir Gawain and the Green Knight 187
18. Chapter Eleven. Sir Gawain and the Romance Hero 221
19. Chapter Twelve. Knightly Combat in Malory’s Morte d’Arthur 235
20. Chapter Thirteen. “Taking the Adventure”: Malory and the Suite du Merlin 243
21. Chapter Fourteen. The Narrative of Distance, The Distance of Narrative in Malory’s Morte d’Arthur 275
22. Chapter Fifteen. Malory and the Grail Legend 312
23. Bibliography 333
24. Index 351