Love and Anti-Judaism in Medieval English Romance: Typologies of Violence and Desire (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781526183170)

Love and anti-Judaism is a new examination of medieval romance for the questions it poses of the most significant events in Christian history. Providing new readings of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Sir Orfeo, Sir Gowther and Sir Amadace, the book argues that romance explores depictions of love--and the sacrifices it may necessitate--in the Hebrew Bible, especially where they do not easily fit into interpretations asserting that this history must prefigure Christ and the crucifixion. An examination of anti-Judaism as a discourse of violence and desire that could be turned inwardly to expose the irresolution in Christianity, this book will provoke new investigations into the religious crises of medieval romance.

Author: Hope Doherty-Harrison
ISBN-10: 152618317X
ISBN-13: 9781526183170
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Language: English
Published: 09/02/2025
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover