3. Heady Diversions: Court and Province in Sir Gawain and the Green Knight

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Introduction 1
4. 1. Alliterative Romance: Improvising Tradition 14
5. 2. St. Erkenwald and the Body in Question 41
6. 3. Heady Diversions: Court and Province in Sir Gawain and the Green Knight 66
7. 4. Geography and Genealogy in The Wars of Alexander 111
8. 5. Profiting from Precursors in The Siege of Jerusalem 155
9. 6. King Takes Knight: Signifying War in the Alliterative Morte Arthure 189
10. 7. Grave Misgivings in De Tribus Regibus Mortuis, The Awntyrs off Arthure, and Somer Sunday 237
11. 8. Conclusion: The Body in Question-Again 265
12. Notes 269
13. Bibliography 299
14. Index 317
15. Acknowledgments 329