Medieval Literature: The Basics

Angela Jane Weisl is Professor of English and Director of Graduate Studies at Seton Hall University, USA. She is the author of Conquering the Reign of Femeny: Gender and Genre in Chaucer’s Romance (1995), The Persistence of Medievalism: Narrative Adventures in Contemporary Culture (2003), and with Tison Pugh, Medievalisms: Making the Past in the Present (2012), as well as many articles on a wide variety of medieval subjects.Anthony Joseph Cunder graduated from Seton Hall University, USA with a Master's in English. He has published work (both fiction and scholarly articles) in a variety of online and print journals in addition to publishing a memoir about growing up and living with type 1 diabetes.

• Introduction: Manuscripts, Castles, and Quests: Diving into Medieval Literature 1. How to Wield a Sword in the Middle Ages: Medieval Literature and War 2. Chivalry is not Dead: Medieval Literature and Love 3. Meeting Monsters on the Map: Medieval Literature of Space and Time 4. Touching Heaven: The Literature of Religion 5. The Most Extreme: Iconic Authors of the Middle Ages 6. Game of Texts: The Magic of Medieval Literature Today

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