Simply Marvelous
- Author / Editor
- Fradenburg, L. O. Aranye.
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.