The Gift Of Narrative In Medieval England Av Nicholas Perkins

The Gift Of Narrative In Medieval England Av Nicholas Perkins

This critical study of medieval English romances uses ideas from anthropology and critical theories of the gift to shed light on narratives ranging from the twelfth to the fifteenth centuries. Written in a style accessible for students as well as scholars, it engages with questions about storytelling, agency, gender and mater......
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<p><em>The gift of narrative in medieval England</em><span> places medieval narratives in dialogue with theories and practices of gift and exchange. It opens fresh approaches to questions of storytelling, agency, gender and materiality in some of the most engaging literature from the Middle Ages.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span>The book argues that the dynamics of the gift are powerfully at work in romances, through exchanges of objects and people; repeated patterns of love, loyalty and revenge; promises made or broken; and the complex effects of time. Ranging from the twelfth-century </span><em>Romance of Horn </em><span>to </span><em>Sir Gawain and the Green Knight</em><span> and Geoffrey Chaucer''s </span><em style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0

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