Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Illustrations vi
4. Acknowledgements vii
5. 1 The Problem with Romance 1
6. 2 The Name and the Genre 43
7. 3 Genres, Language, and Literary History 95
8. 4 The Example of Tristram and Isolde 142
9. 5 Making Free with the Truth 177
10. 6 Coda: The Reception of a Genre 222
11. Appendix: Romances and the Male Regular Clergy by Order 237
12. Bibliography 241
13. Index 257