Pulp fictions of medieval England

Nicola McDonald is Lecturer in English and Medieval Studies at the University of York

• Introduction – Nicola McDonald1. Incorporation in the 'Siege of Melayne' – Suzanne Conklin Akbari2. The twin demons of aristocratic society in 'Sir Gowther' – Alcuin Blamires3. A, A and B: Coding same-sex union in 'Amis and Amiloun' – Sheila Delany4. 'Sir Degrevant': What lovers want – Arlyn Diamond5. Putting the pulp into fiction: The lump-child and its parents in 'The King of Tars' – Jane Gilbert6. Eating people and the alimentary logic of 'Richard Coeur de Lion' – Nicola McDonald7. 'The Siege of Jerusalem' and recuperative readings – Elisa Narin Van Court8. Story line and story shape in 'Sir Percyvell of Gales Chrétien de Troyes's Conte du Graal' – Ad Putter9. Temporary virginity and the everyday body: 'Le Bone Florence of Rome' and bourgeois self-making' – Felicity Riddy10. Romancing the East: Greeks and Saracens in 'Guy of Warwick' – Rebecca Wilcox