Roberta L. Krueger

The Cambridge Companion to Medieval Romance

Herausgeber: Krueger, Roberta L.

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Fifteen original essays offer an introduction to one of the most influential genres of Western literature.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 312
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. November 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 659g
• ISBN-13: 9780521553421
• ISBN-10: 0521553423
• Artikelnr.: 22435295

Inhaltsangabe

Selective chronology
Introduction Roberta L. Krueger
Part I. The Origins, Forms, and Contexts of Medieval Romance: 1. The shape of romance in medieval France Matilda Tomaryn Bruckner
2. Marvels of translation and crises of transition in the romances of antiquity Christopher Baswell
3. Romance and other genres Simon Gaunt
4. The manuscript context of medieval romance Sylvia Huot
Part II. European Romance and Medieval Society: Issues for Debate: 5. Courts, clerks, and courtly love Sarah Kay
6. The societal role of chivalry in romance: Northwestern Europe Richard Kaeuper
7. The other worlds of romance Jeff Rider
8. Questions of gender in old French courtly romance Roberta L. Krueger
9. Women and men in late medieval romance Sheila Fisher
Part III. European Transformations: 10. The evolution and legacy of French prose romance Norris J. Lacy
11. Medieval German romance Ann Marie Rasmussen
12. Chivalry and medieval Italian romance F. Regina Psaki
13. Gawain and popular chivalric romance in Britain Thomas Hahn
14. Middle English romance: family, marriage, intimacy Felicity Riddy
15. Romance at the crossroads: medieval Spanish paradigms and Cervantine revisions Marina Brownlee
Editions and translations
Index.