Introduction
Part One: A Compendium of Type-Scenes of Medieval Literature
Arming of the Hero
Beasts of Battle
Blason
Catalog of Warriors
Conciliar Debate
Contending Throng
Council of the Gods
Crowd of Onlookers
Dawn Song
Ekphrasis
Epic Descent
Descent into the Underworld (katabasis)
Disguise and Infiltration
Exile
Flyting
Hero on the Beach
Inventio
Joy in the Hall
Lady with the Mead Cup
Loathly Lady Encounter
Locus Amoenus
Magic Ring
Open Heavens
Outlaw Gathering
Paraclausithyron
Rash Promise
Scop’s Repertoire
Sleeping After the Feast
Teichoscopia
Traveler Recognizes His Goal
Wise Woman
Part Two: Type-Scenes Sequences within Single Works
I: Sequencing for Chronology: Boccaccio’s Use of Epic Type-Scenes
in the Teseida.
II: Sequencing for Characterization: Anglo-Saxon as Other in the
Middle English Athelston
III: Sequencing for Virtuosity: The “Sleeping After the Feast” Type-Scene
in Beowulf
Part Three: One Type-Scene in Three Different Works: Medieval Cultural Profiling: The
“Wise Woman” Type-Scene in Middle English Romance
Biography
Dominique Battles holds a Ph.D. in English from the University of Virginia and an M.A. in Medieval Studies from University of York (UK). Her previous publications include The Medieval Tradition of Thebes (2004) and Cultural Difference and Material Culture in Middle English Romance: Normans and Saxons (2013) as well as numerous articles on medieval literature. She has been a professor of English and Medieval Studies at Hanover College since 2001.
"Medieval Literature: An Introduction to Type-Scenes is a long overdue and very welcome contribution to scholarship. Its practical utility for students and teachers is obvious and immense... Teachers of medieval English literature will be especially grateful to Battles for helping them to put a name and a scholarly literature to the patterns that they invariably notice. Previously, a teacher making such observations would not know where to begin. Now, it is clear that the place to begin is Battles’ book."
--Leonard Neidorf, Shenzhen University
