Representing righteous heathens in late medieval England

Title:

Representing righteous heathens in late medieval England

Author:

Grady, Frank.

Publication Information:

Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan, 2009.

Format:

Books

Series:

The new Middle Ages

Carrier Type:

214 p. ; 24 cm.

Personal Subject:

Alexander the Great, 356-323 B.C.-Romances-History and criticism.

Trajan Emperor of Rome, 53-117-In literature.

Subject Term:

English literature -- Middle English, 1100-1500 -- History and criticism.

Christianity and other religions in literature.

Christianity and literature -- England -- History -- To 1500.

Religion and literature -- England -- History -- To 1500.

Ethics, Medieval, in literature.

Paganism in literature.

Jews in literature.

ISBN:

9781403966995

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This book surveys the appearances of righteous heathens or virtuous pagans in travel literature, chronicles, romances, and sermons, as well as in the work of Langland, Chaucer and Gower. Grady also illustrates the way these figures have been used to explore a variety of historical, cultural and formal literary issues.

Acknowledgments	p. ix
Introduction: The Rule of Exceptional Salvations	p. 1
1 The Trouble with Trajan	p. 17
2 Mandeville's "Gret Meruaylle"	p. 45
3 The Middle English Alexander	p. 73
4 The Rhetoric of the Righteous Heathen	p. 101
Conclusion: Virtuous Pagans and Virtual Jews	p. 123
Notes	p. 133
Bibliography	p. 189
Index	p. 207

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