Matter of Identity in Medieval Romance

PHILLIPA HARDMAN is Reader in Medieval English Literature (retired) at the University of Reading. A. S. G. Edwards is Honorary Professor of Medieval Manuscripts at the University of Kent at Canterbury. AMANDA HOPKINS was teaching in English and French at the University of Warwick Corinne Saunders is Professor of Medieval Literature at the Department of English Studies, University of Durham. JUDITH WEISS is a Fellow of Robinson College, Cambridge, UK. MARIANNE AILES is Professor of French at the University of Bristol. Roger Dalrymple is Deputy Director and Professor in the Department for Continuing Education at the University of Oxford

• The Matter of Identity in Medieval Romance - Abbreviation and the Education of the Hero in Chevalere Assigne - W A DavenportFrom Devil to Saint: Transformations in Sir Gowther - Joanne A CharbonneauDesire, Will and Intention in Sir Beves of Hamptoun - Corinne SaundersFemale Vulnerability as Catalyst in the Middle English Breton Lays - Amanda HopkinsFemale Doubling and Male Identity in Medieval Romance - Morgan DicksonGanelon in the Middle English Fierabras Romances - Marianne AilesEmperors and Antichrists: Reflections of Empire in Insular Narrative, 1130-1250 - Judith WeissA Byzantine Identity for Robert of Cisyle - John SimonsGeneric Identity and the Origins of Sir Isumbras - Generic Titles in Bodleian Library MS Douce 261 and British Library MS Egerton 3132A - Maldwyn MillsWilliam Copland and the Identity of Printed Middle English Romance - A S G EdwardsAmoryus and Cleopes: John Metham's Metamorphosis of Chaucer and Ovid - Roger Dalrymple

[Readers] will find a number of solid investigations that contribute to the field of Middle English studies as well as several comparative readings of a variety of interesting works.The collection is most useful to generalists in any field of medieval literature.