Rupert T. Pickens has taught at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and the University of Kentucky and has published on medieval topics. He lives in Lexington, Kentucky.

“meticulously researched and persuasively defended study, one that is indispensable for lovers of Chretien and of benefit to all those interested in the Middle Ages. This is a handsome volume”—Speculum

• Table of ContentsPreface: Chrétien de Troyes’s Conte del Graal 1Introduction. The Prologue: “Through a glass, darkly” 111. Specularity and Reflective Sequences 172. The Hermitage: “He that abideth in charity” 553. Gawain in the Galloway Borderland 854. Apotheosis and Relapse 104Conclusion: “Hide your good deeds from your left hand” 133AppendicesA. The Peccatum matris as Original Sin: Psalm 108/109:14 153B. The Peccatum matris as an Incentive to Charity: Foregrounding the Mother in the Vulgate Sirach  155C. The Custom of Logres in the Charrete 158Chapter Notes 161Bibliography 185Index 195

Rupert T. Pickens has taught at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and the University of Kentucky and has published on medieval topics. He lives in Lexington, Kentucky.

“meticulously researched and persuasively defended study, one that is indispensable for lovers of Chretien and of benefit to all those interested in the Middle Ages. This is a handsome volume”—Speculum

• Table of ContentsPreface: Chrétien de Troyes’s Conte del Graal 1Introduction. The Prologue: “Through a glass, darkly” 111. Specularity and Reflective Sequences 172. The Hermitage: “He that abideth in charity” 553. Gawain in the Galloway Borderland 854. Apotheosis and Relapse 104Conclusion: “Hide your good deeds from your left hand” 133AppendicesA. The Peccatum matris as Original Sin: Psalm 108/109:14 153B. The Peccatum matris as an Incentive to Charity: Foregrounding the Mother in the Vulgate Sirach  155C. The Custom of Logres in the Charrete 158Chapter Notes 161Bibliography 185Index 195

Rupert T. Pickens has taught at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and the University of Kentucky and has published on medieval topics. He lives in Lexington, Kentucky.

“meticulously researched and persuasively defended study, one that is indispensable for lovers of Chretien and of benefit to all those interested in the Middle Ages. This is a handsome volume”—Speculum

• Table of ContentsPreface: Chrétien de Troyes’s Conte del Graal 1Introduction. The Prologue: “Through a glass, darkly” 111. Specularity and Reflective Sequences 172. The Hermitage: “He that abideth in charity” 553. Gawain in the Galloway Borderland 854. Apotheosis and Relapse 104Conclusion: “Hide your good deeds from your left hand” 133AppendicesA. The Peccatum matris as Original Sin: Psalm 108/109:14 153B. The Peccatum matris as an Incentive to Charity: Foregrounding the Mother in the Vulgate Sirach  155C. The Custom of Logres in the Charrete 158Chapter Notes 161Bibliography 185Index 195