Romance rewritten : the evolution of Middle English romance : a tribute to Helen Cooper / edited by Elizabeth Archibald, Megan G. Leitch and Corinne Saunders.

• Présentation de l'éditeur: "The essays here reconsider the protean nature of Middle English romance. The contributors examine both the cultural unity of romance and its many variations, reiterations and reimaginings, including its contexts and engagements with other discourses and forms, as they were "rewritten" during the Middle Ages and beyond. Ranging across popular, anonymous English and courtly romances, and taking in the works of Chaucer and Arthurian romance (rarely treated together), in connection with continental sources and analogues, the chapters probe this fluid and creative genre to ask just how comfortable, and how flexible, are its nature and aims? How were Middle English romances rewritten to accommodate contemporary concerns and generic expectations? What can attention to narrative techniques and conventional gestures reveal about the reassurances romances offer, or the questions they ask? How do romances' central concerns with secular ideals and conduct intersect with spiritual priorities? And how are romances transformed or received in later periods? The volume is also a tribute to the significance and influence of the work of Professor Helen Cooper on romance. " 

Ämnesord

Medelengelska språket  (sao)

Riddardiktning  (sao)

Engelsk litteratur  -- historia (sao)

Romances, English  -- History and criticism. (LCSH)

English literature  -- Middle English, 1100-1500 -- History and criticism. (LCSH)

Romances, English.  (fast)

English literature  -- Middle English. (fast)

Roman courtois anglais  -- Histoire et critique. (ram)

Littérature anglaise  -- 1100-1500 (moyen anglais) -- Histoire et critique. (ram)

Romances - History and criticism  (LCSH)

1100-1500  (fast)

Genre

Criticism, interpretation, etc.  (fast)

Klassifikation

821/.03309 (DDC)