"For-Thi a Lettre Has He Dyght": Paradigms for Fifteenth-Century Literacy in "Sir Degrevant"

Forste-Grupp discusses the paradigms for fifteenth-century literacy in Sir Degrevant, a well-constructed narrative relating the domestic adventures of two witty, self assured protagonists, the eponymous hero Degrevant, and his enemy's daughter Melidor. He describes that the subtle correlation of the meta-world of Sir Degrevant with the extra-textual world of late medieval English society enables the poet to demonstrate the power of literacy and provide a fictive paradigm for the behavior of literate men and women.