Heroes and Anti-Heroes in Medieval Romance

NEIL CARTLIDGE is Professor in the Department of English Studies at the University of Durham, UK. Ad Putter is Professor of Medieval English at the University of Bristol, UK, co-director of Bristol's Centre for Medieval Studies, and Fellow of the British Academy. He is the author and editor of numerous books, with a particular interest in Medieval Romance texts and the works of the Gawain poet. He is currently leading a research project on the literary heritage of Anglo-Dutch relations. JUDITH WEISS is a Fellow of Robinson College, Cambridge, UK. LAURA ASHE is Professor of English at the University of Oxford and Fellow and Tutor at Worcester College, Oxford. NEIL CARTLIDGE is Professor in the Department of English Studies at the University of Durham, UK. ROBERT ROUSE Associate Professor, Department of English at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.

• Introduction - Neil CartlidgeTurnus - Penny EleyAlexander the Great - David AshurstHengist - Margaret LamontHarold Godwineson - Laura AsheMordred - Judith WeissMerlin - Gareth GriffithGawain - Kate McCluneGamelyn - Nancy Mason BradburyRalph the Collier - Ad PutterThe Anti-heroic Heart - Stephanie KamathCrusaders - Robert RouseSaracens - Siobhain Bly CalkinUngallant Knights - James WadeSons of Devils - Neil Cartlidge

Sheds new light on the romance genre by asking some innovative questions about the nature of the conventional romance protagonist....It should prove a valuable addition to the study of a genre of writing that has still not been fully appreciated.