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Record Nr.

UNINA9910455974703321

Autore

Green D. H (Dennis Howard), <1922-2008, >

Titolo

The beginnings of medieval romance : fact and fiction, 1150-1220 / / D.H. Green [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2002

ISBN

1-107-12583-9

0-521-04956-3

0-511-04558-1

0-511-32562-2

0-511-48578-6

0-511-15777-0

0-511-12053-2

1-280-15967-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xiii, 292 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Collana

Cambridge studies in medieval literature ; ; 47

Disciplina

809.3/02

Soggetti

Romances - History and criticism

Literature, Medieval - History and criticism

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 259-285) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Defining twelfth-century fictionality -- Vernacular fiction in the twelfth century -- Fictive orality -- Fiction and Wolfram's Parzival -- Fiction and structure -- Fiction and history.

Sommario/riassunto

Up to the twelfth century writing in the western vernaculars dealt almost exclusively with religious, historical and factual themes, all of which were held to convey the truth. The second half of the twelfth century saw the emergence of a new genre, the romance, which was consciously conceived as fictional and therefore allowed largely to break free from traditional presuppositions. Dennis Green explores how and why this happened, and examines this period of crucial importance for the birth of the romance and the genesis of medieval fiction in the vernacular. Although the crucial innovative role of writers in Germany is Green's main concern, he also takes literature in Latin, French and Anglo-Norman into account. This study offers a definition of medieval



fictionality in its first formative period in the twelfth century, and underlines the difficulties encountered in finding a place for the fictional romance within earlier literary traditions.