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A Companion to Medieval Popular Romance
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2009
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A comprehensive guide to the medieval popular romance, one of the age's most important literary forms.
Popular romance was one of the most wide-spread forms of literature in the middle ages, yet despite its cultural centrality, and its fundamental importance for later literary developments, the genre has defied precise definition,its subject matter ranging from tales of chivalric adventure, to saintly women, and monsters who become human. The essays in this collection seek to provide an inclusive and thorough examination of romance. They provide contexts,definitions, and explanations for the genre, particularly in, but not limited to, an English context. Topics covered include genre and literary classification; race and ethnicity; gender; orality and performance; the romance and young readers; metre and form; printing culture; and reception.
CONTRIBUTORS: ROSALIND FIELD, RALUCA L. RADULESCU, MALDWYN MILLS, GILLIAN ROGERS, JENNIFER FELLOWS, THOMAS H. CROFTS, ROBERT ALLEN ROUSE, JOANNE CHARBONNEAU,DESIREE CROMWELL, AD PUTTER, KARL REICHL, PHILLIPA HARDMAN, CORY JAMES RUSHTON
Popular romance was one of the most wide-spread forms of literature in the middle ages, yet despite its cultural centrality, and its fundamental importance for later literary developments, the genre has defied precise definition,its subject matter ranging from tales of chivalric adventure, to saintly women, and monsters who become human. The essays in this collection seek to provide an inclusive and thorough examination of romance. They provide contexts,definitions, and explanations for the genre, particularly in, but not limited to, an English context. Topics covered include genre and literary classification; race and ethnicity; gender; orality and performance; the romance and young readers; metre and form; printing culture; and reception.
CONTRIBUTORS: ROSALIND FIELD, RALUCA L. RADULESCU, MALDWYN MILLS, GILLIAN ROGERS, JENNIFER FELLOWS, THOMAS H. CROFTS, ROBERT ALLEN ROUSE, JOANNE CHARBONNEAU,DESIREE CROMWELL, AD PUTTER, KARL REICHL, PHILLIPA HARDMAN, CORY JAMES RUSHTON
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Contributor: Raluca L Radulescu
Dr Raluca Radulescu is Senior Lecturer in Medieval Literature, Bangor University
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Contributor: Cory James Rushton
CORYJAMES RUSHTON is Associate Professor in the Department of English at St Francis Xavier University, Canada.
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Contributor: Ad Putter
Ad Putter is Professor of Medieval English at the University of Bristol, UK, co-director of Bristol's Centre for Medieval Studies, and Fellow of the British Academy. He is the author and editor of numerous books, with a particular interest in Medieval Romance texts and the works of the Gawain poet. He is currently leading a research project on the literary heritage of Anglo-Dutch relations.
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Contributor: Cory James Rushton
CORYJAMES RUSHTON is Associate Professor in the Department of English at St Francis Xavier University, Canada.
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Contributor: Phillipa Hardman
PHILLIPA HARDMAN is Reader in Medieval English Literature (retired) at the University of Reading.
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Contributor: Raluca L Radulescu
Dr Raluca Radulescu is Senior Lecturer in Medieval Literature, Bangor University
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Contributor: Robert Rouse
ROBERT ROUSE Associate Professor, Department of English at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
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Contributor: Thomas H. Crofts
THOMAS H. CROFTS is Professor of English at East Tennessee State University, where he also co-directs the Minor in Classical and Medieval Studies.
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Contents
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Acknowledgements
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Introduction
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1 Popular Romance: The Material and the Problems
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2 Genre and Classification
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3 The Manuscripts of Popular Romance
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4 Printed Romance in the Sixteenth Century
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5 Middle English Popular Romance and National Identity
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6 Gender and Identity in the Popular Romance
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7 The Metres and Stanza Forms of Popular Romance
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8 Orality and Performance
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9 Popular Romances and Young Readers
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10 Modern and Academic Reception of the Popular Romance
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Bibliography
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Index
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Keywords for this book
Medieval; Popular romance; Chivalric adventure; Saintly women; Monsters; Middle Ages; Genre; Gender; Orality; Printing culture; Reception; Medieval Popular Romance; Literary Classification; Race; Ethnicity; Performance; Young Readers; Metre; Form; Printing Culture; Rosalind Field; Raluca L. Radulescu; Maldwyn Mills; Gillian Rogers; Jennifer Fellows; Thomas H. Crofts; Robert Allen Rouse; Joanne Charbonneau; Desiree Cromwell; Ad Putter; Karl Reichl; Phillipa Hardman; Cory James Rushton
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