An Introduction To Medieval Romance

Author : Roberta L. Krueger
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 182 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2000-06-22
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 0521556872

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The Cambridge Companion to Medieval Romance by Roberta L. Krueger Pdf

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 : Albert Booth Taylor
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 1977
Category : Literature, Medieval
ISBN : OCLC:229410041

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An Introduction to Medieval Romance by Albert Booth Taylor Pdf

Author : Albert B. Taylor
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 1971
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:469316304

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An Introduction to Medieval Romance by Albert B. Taylor Pdf

Author : K.S. Whetter
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2017-05-15
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781317004929

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Understanding Genre and Medieval Romance by K.S. Whetter Pdf

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 : Marijane Osborn
Publisher : Broadview Press
Page : 263 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2010-03-05
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 9781551119977

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Nine Medieval Romances of Magic by Marijane Osborn Pdf

In this book, Marijane Osborn translates into modern English nine lively medieval verse romances, in a form that both reflects the original and makes the romances inviting to a modern audience. All nine tales contain elements of magic: shapeshifters, powerful fairies, trees that are portals to another world, and enchanted clothing and armor. Many of the tales also feature powerful women characters, while others include representations of “Saracens.” The tales address issues of enduring interest and concern, and also address sexuality, agency, and identity formation in unexpected ways.

Author : Dennis Howard Green
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 310 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2002-06-27
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780521813990

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The Beginnings of Medieval Romance by Dennis Howard Green Pdf

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Author : William Raymond Johnston Barron
Publisher : Longman Publishing Group
Page : 310 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 1987
Category : Civilization, Medieval, in literature
ISBN : UOM:39076000894332

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English Medieval Romance by William Raymond Johnston Barron Pdf

Starting with the European roots of romance, Dr Barron devotes the main body of his book to a detailed study of the English corpus. He discusses its rich variety of forms in the later Middle Ages, concluding that the English romances show their own conception of the romantic `mode'.

Author : Gail Ashton
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2010-02-11
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781441129956

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Medieval English Romance in Context by Gail Ashton Pdf

Medieval Romance in Context is a clear, accessible and concise introduction to medieval English verse romantic texts and their wider contexts. It begins by introducing key issues and events that impacted on romance writing and its reception such as chivalric ideals, the Black Death, wars and 'Englishness' as well as key literary issues such as medieval manuscript production and its transmission. Close readings of key texts - including Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Breton lays and Chaucer's The Man of Law's Tale - highlight generic features and issues like family drama, space and time, and nationhood. The final section introduces key critical interpretations from different perspectives including gender and queer theory, and post-colonialism in medieval studies. A chapter on afterlives and adaptations explores reinterpretations of medieval romance and the Arthurian cycles in a range of popular texts and narratives from Doctor Who to Batman. 'Review, Reading and Research' sections give suggestions for further reading, discussion and research. Introducing texts, contexts and criticism, this is a lively and up-to-date resource for anyone studying Medieval Romance.

Author : Michael Staveley Cichon,Rhiannon Purdie
Publisher : DS Brewer
Page : 209 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 9781843842606

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Medieval Romance, Medieval Contexts by Michael Staveley Cichon,Rhiannon Purdie Pdf

The popular genre of medieval romance explored in its physical, geographical, and literary contexts. The essays in this volume take a representative selection of English and Scottish romances from the medieval period and explore some of their medieval contexts, deepening our understanding not only of the romances concerned but also of the specific medieval contexts that produced or influenced them. The contexts explored here include traditional literary features such as genre and rhetorical technique and literary-cultural questions of authorship, transmission and readership; but they also extend to such broader intellectual and social contexts as medieval understandings of geography, the physiology of swooning, or the efficacy of baptism. A framing context for the volume is provided by Derek Pearsall's prefatory essay, in which he revisits his seminal 1965 article on the development of Middle English romance. Rhiannon Purdie is Senior Lecturer in English, University of St Andrews; Michael Cichon is Associate Professor of English at St Thomas More College in the University of Saskatchewan. Contributors: Derek Pearsall, Nancy Mason Bradbury, Michael Cichon, Nicholas Perkins, Marianne Ailes, John A. Geck, Phillipa Hardman, Siobhain Bly Calkin, Judith Weiss, Robert Rouse, Yin Liu, Emily Wingfield, Rosalind Field

Author : Albert Booth Taylor
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 1930
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:458208413

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An Introduction to Medieval Romance, by A.B. Taylor, ... by Albert Booth Taylor Pdf

Author : Laura Ashe,Ivana Djordjević,Judith Elizabeth Weiss,Ivana Djordjevic
Publisher : Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781843842125

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The Exploitations of Medieval Romance by Laura Ashe,Ivana Djordjević,Judith Elizabeth Weiss,Ivana Djordjevic Pdf

As one of the most important, influential and capacious genres of the middle ages, the romance was exploited for a variety of social and cultural reasons: to celebrate and justify war and conflict, chivalric ideologies, and national, local and regional identities; to rationalize contemporary power structures, and identify the present with the legendary past; to align individual desires and aspirations with social virtues. But the romance in turn exploited available figures of value, appropriating the tropes and strategies of religious and historical writing, and cannibalizing and recreating its own materials for heightened ideological effect. The essays in this volume consider individual romances, groups of writings and the genre more widely, elucidating a variety of exploitative manoeuvres in terms of text, context, and intertext. Contributors: Neil Cartlidge, Ivana Djordjevic, Judith Weiss, Melissa Furrow, Rosalind Field, Diane Vincent, Corinne Saunders, Arlyn Diamond, Anna Caughey, Laura Ashe

Author : Ad Putter,Jane Gilbert
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 311 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2014-06-06
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781317885566

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The Spirit of Medieval English Popular Romance by Ad Putter,Jane Gilbert Pdf

The Middle English popular romances enjoyed a wide appeal in later medieval Britain, and even today students of medieval literature will encounter examples of the genre, such as Sir Orfeo, Sir Tristrem, and Sir Launfal. This collection of twelve specially commissioned essays is designed to meet the need for a stimulating guide to the genre. Each essay introduces one popular romance, setting it in its literary and historical contexts, and develops an original interpretation that reveals the possibilities that popular romances offer for modern literary criticism. A substantial introduction by the editors discusses the production and transmission of popular romances in the Middle Ages, and considers the modern reception of popular romance and the interpretative challenges offered by new theoretical approaches. Accessible to advanced students of English, this book is also of interest to those working in the field of medieval studies, comparative literature, and popular culture.

Author : Nicholas Perkins
Publisher : Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781843843900

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Medieval Romance and Material Culture by Nicholas Perkins Pdf

Studies of how the physical manifests itself in medieval romance - and medieval romances as objects themselves.

Author : Lydia Zeldenrust
Publisher : Boydell & Brewer
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2020
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781843845218

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The Mélusine Romance in Medieval Europe by Lydia Zeldenrust Pdf

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 : Roger Sherman Loomis,Laura Hibbard Loomis,Laura Alandis Hibbard Loomis
Publisher : McGraw-Hill College
Page : 460 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 1957
Category : Literature, Medieval
ISBN : UCSC:32106006477274

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Medieval Romances by Roger Sherman Loomis,Laura Hibbard Loomis,Laura Alandis Hibbard Loomis Pdf