Tradition and Transformation in Medieval Romance - Couverture rigide

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0859915530 ISBN 13 : 9780859915533

Editeur : D.S. Brewer, 1999

Synopsis

From the insular romance of the twelfth century (vital to an understanding of the literary and historical context of medieval English literature) to the era of the printed book, romance challenges generic definition, audience expectation and established scholarly approaches. This third volume of papers from the regular conference on Romance in Medieval England uses a broad range of material and methodologies to illuminate the subject. Topics include the strategies and audiences of crusading romances, the deployment by Chaucer and Gower of romance theme and style, a re-evaluation of the text of Gamelyn, and the shifting generic boundaries between romance, exemplum and legal narrative. Other papers explore the transformation of traditional material on the revenant dead and the divided family from ancient literary texts to the prose romances of the sixteenth century.

A propos du livre

À propos des auteurs

ELIZABETH ARCHIBALD is Professor of English Studies at Durham University, and Principal of St Cuthbert's Society.

PHILLIPA HARDMAN is Reader in Medieval English Literature (retired) at the University of Reading.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: D.S. Brewer
• Date d'édition: 1999
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0859915530
• ISBN 13: 9780859915533
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 188
• Éditeur: Field Rosalind
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