Emotions in Medieval Arthurian Literature

CAROLYNE LARRINGTON is Emerita Professor of medieval European literature at the University of Oxford and Emerita Research Fellow in medieval English literature at St John's College, Oxford. Corinne Saunders is Professor of Medieval Literature at the Department of English Studies, University of Durham. CAROLYNE LARRINGTON is Emerita Professor of medieval European literature at the University of Oxford and Emerita Research Fellow in medieval English literature at St John's College, Oxford. Corinne Saunders is Professor of Medieval Literature at the Department of English Studies, University of Durham. JANE GILBERT is Professor of Medieval Literature and Critical Theory at University College London, UK. Dr Raluca Radulescu is Senior Lecturer in Medieval Literature, Bangor University Sif Rikhardsdottir is Professor and Chair of Comparative Literature at the University of Iceland.

• Introduction - Frank Brandsma and Carolyne Larrington and Corinne SaundersBeing-in-the-Arthurian-World: Emotion, Affect and Magic in the Prose Lancelot, Sartre and Jay - Jane GilbertMind, Body and Affect in Medieval English Arthurian Romance - Corinne Saunders'What cheer?' Emotion and Action in the Arthurian World - Andrew LynchIre, Peor and their Somatic Correlates in Chrétien's Chevalier de la Charrette - Anatole Pierre FuksasKingship and the Intimacy of Grief in the Alliterative Morte Arthure - Anne Baden-DaintreeTears and Lies: Emotions and the Ideals of Malory's Arthurian World - Raluca RadulescuMourning Gawein: Cognition and Affect in Diu Crône and some French Gauvain-Texts - Carolyne LarringtonEmotion and Voice: 'Ay' in Middle Dutch Arthurian Romances - Frank BrandsmaTranslating Emotion: Vocalisation and Embodiment in Yvain and Ívens saga - Sif RikhardsdottirAfterword: Malory's Enigmatic Smiles - Helen Cooper

[Works] admirably to replace reflexive responses to romance literature and the culture that produced it with informed understanding, illuminating both the past and the present.