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UNINA9910807641703321 |
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Cooper Helen <1947-> |
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Titolo |
The English romance in time : transforming motifs from Geoffrey of Monmouth to the death of Shakespeare / / Helen Cooper |
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Oxford ; ; Toronto, : Oxford University Press, 2008, c2004 |
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ISBN |
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1-281-92523-3 |
9786611925239 |
0-19-153027-1 |
1-4356-9790-1 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (xiii, 542 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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English literature - Early modern, 1500-1700 - History and criticism |
English literature - Middle English, 1100-1500 - History and criticism |
Romances, English - Themes, motives |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Originally published: 2004. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Introduction: 'Enter, pursued with a bear'; 1. Quest and Pilgrimage: 'The adventure that God shall send me'; 2. Providence and the Sea: 'No tackle, sail nor mast'; 3. Magic that Doesn't Work; 4. Fairy Monarch, Fairy Mistresses: 'I am of ane other countree'; 5. Desirable Desire: 'I am wholly given unto thee'; 6. Women on Trial; 7. Restoring the Rightful Heir: 'If that which was lost be not found'; 8. Unhappy Endings: 'The most accursed, unhappy, and evil fortuned'; Appendix; Bibliography |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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This is an exploration of English romance across the Middle Ages and the Renaissance. Helen Cooper traces romance motifs - quests and fairy mistresses, passionate heroines and rudderless boats and missing heirs - from the first emergence of the genre in French and Anglo-Norman in the 12th century to the early 17th century. |
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