Medieval English romance in context [[electronic resource] /] / Gail Ashton

• Autore: Ashton Gail <1957->
• Pubblicazione: London, : Continuum, 2010
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (172 p.)
• Disciplina: 821.03309
• Soggetto topico: English poetry - Middle English, 1100-1500 - History and criticism; Romance poetry - To 1500 - History and criticism; Romances, English - History and criticism
• Classificazione: HH 4156
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Series Editors' Preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction; PART ONE: CONTEXTS; Chapter 1: Social and Cultural Context; Chapter 2: Literary Context and Material Culture; PART TWO: TEXTS; Chapter 3: Genre and Intertextuality; Chapter 4: Scripting Identities: Private and Public Worlds; PART THREE: WIDER CONTEXTS; Chapter 5: Critical Contexts; Chapter 6: Afterlives and Adaptations; Further Reading; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; V; W
• Sommario/riassunto: 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Medieval English romance in context
• ISBN: 1-282-87384-9; 9786612873843; 1-4411-2995-2
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910785365503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Texts and contexts.