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Enarratio
Publications of the
Medieval Association of the Midwest
Volume &ixl een
2009
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Enarralio
Pubhcalions of lhe
Medieval Association of lhe Midwesl
Volume 8ix1een
Ediled by
William f. Iiodapp
Edward Qisden
Mel 8lorm
Emporia 8l ale Universily
Emporia, Kansas
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Copyrighted 2011
Medieval Association of the Midwest
No part of this volume may be reproduced in any form or by any
means, mechanical or electronic, without permissic.,.1 of the author.
We are grateful to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Fletcher Fund,
1919 ( 19.73 .68) for permission to reproduce the cover photograph
of Albrecht Diirer's engraving of St. Jerome in His Study (1514).
TABLE OF CONTENTS
NOTE ON SUBM ISSIONS
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AN INTRODUCT ION TO PUNISHMENT, PENANCE,
AND REWARD: THE CASE OF THOMAS BECKET
Will iam F. Hodapp
PRUDENTIAL PENANCE
R. W. Hanning
14
ZEUS'S REWARD AND THE AMBIGU ITY OF EASTERN
DECADENCE IN VIRG IL'S AENEID
Drew Mannetter
43
CONQUERED BY BABYLON: FAT E, FORTUNE, AND
REWARD IN WALTER OF CH.A.T ILLON'S ALEXANDREIS
W ill iam F. Hodapp
64
DISPOSABLE OUTS IDERS AND NARRATIVE LI AB ILITY
IN N.J!ILS SAGA
Nichole Sterli ng
79
LAST LAUGHS: TORTURE IN MEDIEVAL ICELANDIC
LITERATURE
Stefan Thomas Hall
97
PLOWING , BOW ING, BURNTNG, JOURNEYING: PENANCE
AND SUBVERTING PENANCE IN MEDIEVAL LITERATURE
Edward Risden
112
BREAK ING T HE ROMANCE: IDENT IFY ING SIN, EARN ING
REDEMPT ION, AND THE GIFT OF MERCY IN SIR GAWA IN
AND THE GREEN KNIGHT
Mickey Sweeney
124
T HE GREEN KN IGHT AND OTHER MEDIEVAL
DISMEMBERMENTS
Mel Storm
140
BEARERS OF PUNISHMENT AND REWARD: AHAB'S
PROPHETS IN GOWER'S CONFESS/0 AMANTIS
Stephen Yandell
153
POSTSCRIPT
Edward Risden
166
Note on Submissions
The editorial policy of Enarratio: Publications of the Medieval
Association of the Midwest is to publish papers written by members of
MAM, even if the papers are not presented at MAM conferences or
conjoint sessions. T he Council invites and encourages all members,
and those who plan to become members, to submit their work to be
considered fo r publicati on in future vol umes. Contri butors to Enarratio
should follow the conventions of the most recent MLA Handbook .for
Writers of Research Papers or MLA Style Manual and Guide to
Scholarly Publishing.
Volume 17 wi ll be ed ited by Mel Storm, Co-Editor of Enarratio:
PMAM, [email protected], and vol ume 18 by Kristen Figg, CoEditor of Enarratio: PMAM, [email protected]. Submissions may be
addressed to either of the co-editors and, if accepted, will appear in the
first volume that has space availab le.
For info rmation about the Medieval Association of the Midwest, its
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Bixby, Executi ve Secretary of MAM , at 5 13 Lindquist Hal l, Box 13,
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