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"For-thi a lettre has he dyght": Paradigms for Fifteenth-Century Literacy in Sir Degrevant

"For-thi a lettre has he dyght": Paradigms for Fifteenth-Century Literacy in Sir Degrevant STUDIES IN PH ILOLOGY Volume 101 Spring, 2004 Number 2 ‘‘For-thi a lettre has he dyght’’: Paradigms for Fifteenth-Century Literacy in Sir Degrevant by Sheryl L. Forste-Grupp LTHOUGH dismissed as a composite romance, the late four- teenth-century or early fifteenth-century Sir Degrevant is a well- A constructed narrative relating the domestic adventures of two witty, self-assured protagonists, the eponymous hero Degrevant and his enemy’s daughter Melidor. In Sir Degrevant, multiple references to late medieval English society and culture imbue the romance with a realis- tic contemporary immediacy unusual for the genre. W. A. Davenport observes that the poet particularizes the interior settings by describing them with architectural, decorative details typical of late fourteenth- century English country houses. A. S. G. Edwards argues that the romance uniquely portrays female characters as more effective media- tors of social conflict than male characters because they negotiate reso- The Romance of Sir Degrevant, ed. L. F. Casson, Early English Text Society, o.s. 221 (Lon- don: Oxford University Press, 1949; reprint, Norwich: Fletcher & Son, 1970). For a survey of the analogues of the romance’s themes, episodes, and plot, see Casson, Romance, lxiii– lxxii. For an early example of the correlation of details in http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Studies in Philology University of North Carolina Press

"For-thi a lettre has he dyght": Paradigms for Fifteenth-Century Literacy in Sir Degrevant

Forste-Grupp, Sheryl L.
Studies in Philology , Volume 101 (2) – Apr 13, 2004
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STUDIES IN PH ILOLOGY Volume 101 Spring, 2004 Number 2 ‘‘For-thi a lettre has he dyght’’: Paradigms for Fifteenth-Century Literacy in Sir Degrevant by Sheryl L. Forste-Grupp LTHOUGH dismissed as a composite romance, the late four- teenth-century or early fifteenth-century Sir Degrevant is a well- A constructed narrative relating the domestic adventures of two witty, self-assured protagonists, the eponymous hero Degrevant and his enemy’s daughter Melidor. In Sir Degrevant, multiple references to late medieval English society and culture imbue the romance with a realis- tic contemporary immediacy unusual for the genre. W. A. Davenport observes that the poet particularizes the interior settings by describing them with architectural, decorative details typical of late fourteenth- century English country houses. A. S. G. Edwards argues that the romance uniquely portrays female characters as more effective media- tors of social conflict than male characters because they negotiate reso- The Romance of Sir Degrevant, ed. L. F. Casson, Early English Text Society, o.s. 221 (Lon- don: Oxford University Press, 1949; reprint, Norwich: Fletcher & Son, 1970). For a survey of the analogues of the romance’s themes, episodes, and plot, see Casson, Romance, lxiii– lxxii. For an early example of the correlation of details in

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