Hunting in Middle English Literature
- Author / Editor
- Rooney, Anne.
Hunting in Middle English Literature
- Published
- Woodbridge, Suffolk;
- and Rochester, N.Y.: Boydell & Brewer, 1993.
- Physical Description
- 213 pp.
- Description
- Explores historical and literary traditions of the noble hunt,addressing Christian and classical backgrounds, hunting manuals, narrative motifs, a variety of Middle English romances, and the figures of Sir Tristrem and Christ as hunters. Middle English treatments of hunting focus on the courtliness of the activity rather than on pursuit or flight, emphasizing that heroes must balance hunting with other social and moral activities. Includes separate studies of "Sir Gawain and the Green Knight" and BD. For the essay that pertains to Chaucer, search for Hunting in Middle English Literature under Alternative Title.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Background and General Criticism.