Table of Contents

Introduction - Nicola McDonald 1. Incorporation in the 'Siege of Melayne' - Suzanne Conklin Akbari 2. The twin demons of aristocratic society in 'Sir Gowther' - Alcuin Blamires 3. A, A and B: Coding same-sex union in 'Amis and Amiloun' - Sheila Delany 4. 'Sir Degrevant': What lovers want - Arlyn Diamond 5. Putting the pulp into fiction: The lump-child and its parents in 'The King of Tars' - Jane Gilbert 6. Eating people and the alimentary logic of 'Richard Coeur de Lion' - Nicola McDonald 7. 'The Siege of Jerusalem' and recuperative readings - Elisa Narin Van Court 8. Story line and story shape in 'Sir Percyvell of Gales Chrétien de Troyes's Conte du Graal' - Ad Putter 9. Temporary virginity and the everyday body: 'Le Bone Florence of Rome' and bourgeois self-making' - Felicity Riddy 10. Romancing the East: Greeks and Saracens in 'Guy of Warwick' - Rebecca Wilcox