Medieval Romance: Themes and Approaches
Author | : John Stevens |
Publisher | : London : Hutchinson |
Total Pages | : 264 |
Release | : 1973 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : John Stevens |
Publisher | : London : Hutchinson |
Total Pages | : 264 |
Release | : 1973 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : |
Author | : John Stevens |
Publisher | : London : Hutchinson |
Total Pages | : 260 |
Release | : 1973 |
Genre | : English poetry |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Corinne J. Saunders |
Publisher | : Boydell & Brewer |
Total Pages | : 314 |
Release | : 2010 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 1843842211 |
"This study looks at a wide range of medieval Englisih romance texts, including the works of Chaucer and Malory, from a broad cultural perspective, to show that while they employ magic in order to create exotic, escapist worlds, they are also grounded in a sense of possibility, and reflect a complex web of inherited and current ideas." --Book Jacket.
Author | : Roberta L. Krueger |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 182 |
Release | : 2000-06-22 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 9780521556873 |
This Companion presents fifteen original and engaging essays by leading scholars on one of the most influential genres of Western literature. Chapters describe the origins of early verse romance in twelfth-century French and Anglo-Norman courts and analyze the evolution of verse and prose romance in France, Germany, England, Italy, and Spain throughout the Middle Ages. The volume introduces a rich array of traditions and texts and offers fresh perspectives on the manuscript context of romance, the relationship of romance to other genres, popular romance in urban contexts, romance as mirror of familiar and social tensions, and the representation of courtly love, chivalry, 'other' worlds and gender roles. Together the essays demonstrate that European romances not only helped to promulgate the ideals of elite societies in formation, but also held those values up for questioning. An introduction, a chronology and a bibliography of texts and translations complete this lively, useful overview.
Author | : Phillipa Hardman |
Publisher | : DS Brewer |
Total Pages | : 194 |
Release | : 2002 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 9780859917612 |
Twelve essays address a central concern of medieval romance, the matter of identity. Identity is a central concern of medieval romance. Here it is approached through essays on issues of origin and parentage, transformation and identity, and fundamental questions of what constitutes the human. The construction of knightly identity through education and testing is explored, and placed in relation to female identity; the significance of the motif of doubling is studied. Shifting perceptions of identities are traced through the histories of specific texts, and the identity of romance itself is the subject of several essays discussing ideas of genre (the overlap between romance and hagiography is a theme linking a number of articles in the collection). Medieval romanceis shown as a marketable commodity in the printed output of William Copland, and as an opportunity for literary experimentation in the work of John Metham. The texts discussed include: Chevalere Assigne, Sir Gowther, Sir Ysumbras, Beves of Hamtoun, Robert of Cisyle, the Fierabras romances, Breton lays, Thomas's Tristan and Marie de France's Eliduc. Contributors: W.A. DAVENPORT, JOANNE CHARBONNEAU, CORINNE SAUNDERS, AMANDA HOPKINS, MORGAN DICKSON, MARIANNE AILES, JUDITH WEISS, JOHN SIMONS, RHIANNON PURDIE, MALDWYN MILLS, A.S.G. EDWARDS, ROGER DALRYMPLE.
Author | : Jane Bliss |
Publisher | : Boydell & Brewer Ltd |
Total Pages | : 263 |
Release | : 2008 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 1843841592 |
A survey of the significance of names, or their absence, in medieval English, French, and Anglo-Norman romance.
Author | : D. H. Green |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 464 |
Release | : 2000-08-28 |
Genre | : Foreign Language Study |
ISBN | : 9780521794237 |
This book presents linguistic evidence for many aspects of pre-Christian and early medieval European culture.
Author | : K.S. Whetter |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 232 |
Release | : 2017-05-15 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 1317004922 |
Unique in combining a comprehensive and comparative study of genre with a study of romance, this book constitutes a significant contribution to ongoing critical debates over the definition of romance and the genre and artistry of Malory's Morte Darthur. K.S. Whetter offers an original approach to these issues by prefacing a comprehensive study of romance with a wide-ranging and historically diverse study of genre and genre theory. In doing so Whetter addresses the questions of why and how romance might usefully be defined and how such an awareness of genre-and the expectations that come with such awareness-impact upon both our understanding of the texts themselves and of how they may have been received by their contemporary medieval audiences. As an integral part the study Whetter offers a detailed examination of Sir Thomas Malory's Le Morte Darthur, a text usually considered a straightforward romance but which Whetter argues should be re-classified and reconsidered as a generic mixture best termed tragic-romance. This new classification is important in helping to explain a number of so-called inconsistencies or puzzles in Malory's text and further elucidates Malory's artistry. Whetter offers a powerful meditation upon genre, romance and the Morte which will be of interest to faculty, graduate students and undergraduates alike.
Author | : Lydia Zeldenrust |
Publisher | : Boydell & Brewer |
Total Pages | : 288 |
Release | : 2020 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 1843845210 |
Readers have long been fascinated by the enigmatic figure of M lusine - a beautiful fairy woman cursed to transform into a half-serpent once a week, whose part-monstrous sons are the ancestor of several European noble houses. This study is the first to consider how this romance developed from a local legend to European bestseller, analysing versions in French, German, Castilian, Dutch, and English. It addresses questions on how to study medieval literature from a European perspective, moving beyond national canons, and reading M lusine's bodily mutability as a metaphor for how the romance itself moves and transforms across borders. It also analyses key changes to the romance's content, form, and material presentation - including its images - and traces how the people who produced and consumed this romance shaped its international transmission and spread. The author shows how M lusine's character is adapted within each local context, while also uncovering previously unknown connections between the different branches of this multilingual tradition. Moving beyond established paradigms of separate national traditions, manuscript versus print, and medieval versus Renaissance literature, the book integrates literary analysis with art historical and book historical approaches. LYDIA ZELDENRUST is a Leverhulme Early Career Fellow at the Department of English and Related Literature at the University of York.
Author | : Dennis Howard Green |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 310 |
Release | : 2002-06-27 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 0521813999 |
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