'Sir Bevis of Hampton' is one of the most widespread and important Middle English romances. This book - the first ever full-length study to be devoted to it - considers it in its historical and literary contexts, and its Anglo-Norman, Welsh, Irish and Icelandic versions. It also offers detailed textual analyses, and discusses particular aspects of the story, its "afterlife" and its influence during the early modern period.
Author(s): Jennifer Fellows, Ivana Djordjević (eds.)
Series: Studies in Medieval Romance, 8
Publisher: D. S. Brewer
Year: 2008
Language: English
Pages: 220
City: Cambridge
Illustrations vi
Contributors vii
Abbreviations and Sigla ix
'Boeve'/'Bevis': A Synopsis xi
Introduction / Ivana Djordjević and Jennifer Fellows 1
1. The Anglo-Norman 'Boeve de Haumtone' as a 'chanson de geste' / Marianne Ailes 9
2. 'Mestre' and Son: The Role of Sabaoth and Terri in 'Boeve de Haumtone' / Judith Weiss 25
3. Rewriting Bevis in Wales and Ireland / Erich Poppe and Regine Reck 37
4. 'Bevers saga' in the Context of Old Norse Historical Prose / Christopher Sanders 51
5. From 'Boeve' to 'Bevis': The Translator at Work / Ivana Djordjević 67
6. The Middle English and Renaissance 'Bevis': A Textual Survey / Jennifer Fellows 80
7. For King and Country? The Tension between National and Regional Identities in 'Sir Bevis of Hampton' / Robert Allen Rouse 114
8. Defining Christian Knighthood in a Saracen World: Changing Depictions of the Protagonist in 'Sir Bevis of Hampton' / Siobhain Bly Calkin 127
9. Ascopard’s Betrayal: A Narrative Problem / Melissa Furrow 145
10. Gender, Virtue and Wisdom in 'Sir Bevis of Hampton' / Corinne Saunders 161
11. 'Sir Bevis of Hampton': Renaissance Influence and Reception / Andrew King 176
Bibliography of Bevis Scholarship 193
Index 203
