A Companion to Medieval Popular Romance

Erscheinungsjahr 2011
ISBN: 978-1-84384-270-5
Verlag: Boydell & Brewer

Buch, Englisch, Band 10, 224 Seiten, Print PDF, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 346 g

Reihe: Studies in Medieval Romance

A comprehensive guide to the medieval popular romance, one of the age's most important literary forms.

Popular romance was one of the most wide-spread forms of literature in the middle ages, yet despite its cultural centrality, and its fundamental importance for later literary developments, the genre has defied precise definition,its subject matter ranging from tales of chivalric adventure, to saintly women, and monsters who become human. The essays in this collection seek to provide an inclusive and thorough examination of romance. They provide contexts,definitions, and explanations for the genre, particularly in, but not limited to, an English context. Topics covered include genre and literary classification; race and ethnicity; gender; orality and performance; the romance and young readers; metre and form; printing culture; and reception.

CONTRIBUTORS: ROSALIND FIELD, RALUCA L. RADULESCU, MALDWYN MILLS, GILLIAN ROGERS, JENNIFER FELLOWS, THOMAS H. CROFTS, ROBERT ALLEN ROUSE, JOANNE CHARBONNEAU, DESIREE CROMWELL, AD PUTTER, KARL REICHL, PHILLIPA HARDMAN, CORY JAMES RUSHTON

Autoren/Hrsg.

Radulescu, Raluca L

Radulescu, Raluca

Rushton, Cory James

Weitere Mitwirkende

Putter, Ad

Rushton, Cory James

Cromwell, Desiree

Rogers, Gillian E

Fellows, Jennifer

Charbonneau, Joanne A

Reichl, Karl

Mills, Maldwyn

Hardman, Phillipa

Radulescu, Raluca

Rouse, Robert

Field, Rosalind

Crofts, Thomas H.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Afrikanische Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Europäische Literatur

Über Autor(innen)

Rouse, Robert
ROBERT ROUSE Associate Professor, Department of English at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.

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

Crofts, Thomas H.
THOMAS H CROFTS is Professor of English at East Tennessee State University.

Radulescu, Raluca
Dr Raluca Radulescu is Senior Lecturer in Medieval Literature, Bangor University

Radulescu, Raluca
Dr Raluca Radulescu is Senior Lecturer in Medieval Literature, Bangor University

Putter, Ad
Ad Putter is Professor of Medieval English at the University of Bristol, UK, co-director of Bristol's Centre for Medieval Studies, and Fellow of the British Academy. He is the author and editor of numerous books, with a particular interest in Medieval Romance texts and the works of the Gawain poet. He is currently leading a research project on the literary heritage of Anglo-Dutch relations.