Medieval crossover : reading the secular against the sacred / Barbara Newman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Newman, Barbara, 1953- author.

Series:

Conway lectures in medieval studies.

The Conway Lectures in Medieval Studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Literature, Medieval--History and criticism.

Literature, Medieval.

Secularism in literature.

Holy, The, in literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (417 pages) : illustrations.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Notre Dame, Indiana : University of Notre Dame Press, 2013.

Summary:

Newman highlights the ways in which the premodern reader understood sacred and secular not as opposing points but as a state of double judgment.

Contents:

Cover

MEDIEVAL CROSSOVER

Title

Copyright

CONTENTS

Preface

List of Illustrations

Chapter 1 Theorizing Crossover: Principles and Case Studies

A Hermeneutics of Both/And

Felix Culpa and the Principle of Double Judgment

Pagan Matiere, Christian Sen, and Secular Conjointure

Hagiographic Romance: "Everything That Rises Must Converge"

Chapter 2 Double Coding: Knights of Arthur, Knights of Christ

Chrétien's Charrette: Double Coding, Double Judgment

Perlesvaus: The Grail and Christendom's "Old Laws"

Lancelot and the Grail: Chrétien's Ambiguous Legacy

Le Morte Darthur: Double Coding, Double Ending

Chapter 3 Conversion: The Literary Traditions of Marguerite Porete

The Puys of Picardy and the Valenciennes Prize Poems

Beguine Lyrics, Recycled Songs, and the Mirror

Roses, Crimson and White

The Mirror and the Rose

From 1277 to 1312, or the Perils of Crossover

Chapter 4 Parody: From Profane Communion to Blasphemous Passion

Parodia Sacra and the Principle of the Two-Edged Sword

Obscene Communion: Le lai d'Ignaure

Mocking Mass Murder: The Passion of the Jews of Prague

A Lawsuit in Heaven: The Dispute between God and His Mother

Chapter 5 Convergence: René of Anjou and the Heart's Two Quests

Mortifying Vain Pleasure: The King as Vernacular Theologian

The Grail, the Rose, and the Love-Smitten Heart

Converging Quests

Conclusion: A Backward and a Forward Glance

Appendix 1. The Passion of the Jews of Prague according to John the Peasant (1389)

Appendix 2. La Desputoison de Dieu et de sa mère / The Dispute between God and His Mother

Notes

Works Cited

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-268-20657-0

0-268-16140-2

OCLC:

1016851311