{"product_id":"the-gift-of-narrative-in-medieval-england-paperback","title":"The Gift of Narrative in Medieval England - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eNicholas Perkins\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis invigorating study places medieval romance narrative in dialogue with theories and practices of gift and exchange, opening new approaches to questions of storytelling, agency, gender and materiality in some of the most engaging literature from the Middle Ages. It 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 that time works on such objects, exchanges and promises. Ranging from the twelfth century to the fifteenth, and including close discussions of poetry by Chaucer, the Gawain-Poet and romances in the Auchinleck Manuscript, this book will prompt new ideas and debate amongst students and scholars of medieval literature, as well as anyone curious about the pleasures that romance narratives bring.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Nicholas Perkins's book is itself a gift, in which the elusive phenomenon of the gifted object has found its ideal, answering intelligence: lucidly scrupulous, attuned as much to the book as gift as to the gift in books and ready to draw as much on anthropology as on the material history of the book. Like all gifts, it's radiant.'\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eJames Simpson, Donald P. and Katherine B. Loker Professor of English, Harvard University\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 'A wonderful exploration of the ways medieval romances circulate gifts, people, bodies and obligations that are both emotional and social. This incisive study develops the concept and practice of speculative anthropology, balancing theoretical insight with keen textual analysis.'\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eStephanie Trigg, Redmond Barry Distinguished Professor of English, University of Melbourne\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe gift of narrative in medieval England\u003c\/i\u003e 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe 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 \u003ci\u003eRomance of Horn \u003c\/i\u003eto \u003ci\u003eSir Gawain and the Green Knight\u003c\/i\u003e and Geoffrey Chaucer's \u003ci\u003eCanterbury Tales\u003c\/i\u003e, it reads these poems alongside debates in anthropology and critical theory, asking such questions as: what role does the circulation of objects play in creating narratives? Do romance protagonists themselves act as gifts? And is storytelling itself a form of gift-giving?\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eNicholas Perkins is Associate Professor and Tutor in English at St Hugh's College, University of Oxford\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 288\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 17, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50382631600365,"sku":"9781526167163","price":63.18,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0020\/8918\/9441\/files\/4JyK0E44R89781526167163.webp?v=1785703956","url":"https:\/\/www.webster.direct\/en-ca\/products\/the-gift-of-narrative-in-medieval-england-paperback","provider":"Webster.Direct","version":"1.0","type":"link"}