The English romance in time : transforming motifs from Geoffrey of Monmouth to the death of Shakespeare / / Helen Cooper

• Autore: Cooper Helen <1947->
• Pubblicazione: Oxford ; ; Toronto, : Oxford University Press, 2008, c2004
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xiii, 542 p.)
• Disciplina: 821.03309
• Soggetto topico: English literature - Early modern, 1500-1700 - History and criticism; English literature - Middle English, 1100-1500 - History and criticism; Romances, English - Themes, motives
• Note generali: Originally published: 2004.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: The English romance in time
• ISBN: 1-281-92523-3; 9786611925239; 0-19-153027-1; 1-4356-9790-1
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910807641703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II