Simply Marvelous

Author / Editor
Fradenburg, L. O. Aranye.

Title
Simply Marvelous

Published
Studies in the Age of Chaucer 26 (2004): 1-27.

Description
Fradenburg contemplates medieval romance as a product of desire and a producer of jouissance. Considers the functions and values of wonder; the enjoyment and signification of romance; and the relationships of wonder to "vernacularity," technology, weariness, and realism.
Comments on SqT, Th, TC, and a number of other texts: "Sir Gawain and the Green Knight," the "Tain bo Cuailinge," "Culhwch & Olwen," and other narratives.

Chaucer Subjects
Background and General Criticism.
Troilus and Criseyde.
Squire and His Tale.
Tale of Sir Thopas.