Romance rewritten [electronic resource] : the evolution of Middle English romance : a tribute to Helen Cooper / edited by Elizabeth Archibald, Megan G. Leitch and Corinne Saunders.

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The essays here reconsider the protean nature of Middle English romance, including the works of Chaucer and Arthurian romances, rarely treated together. The contributors examine both the cultural unity of romance and its many variations, reiterations and reimaginings, including its contexts and enga...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Studies in medieval romance ; v. 22.
Other Authors: Archibald, Elizabeth, 1951- (Editor)
Leitch, Megan G. (Editor)
Saunders, Corinne J., 1963- (Editor)
Cooper, Helen, 1947- (Honoree, honouree.)
Language:English
Published: Woodbridge, Suffolk ; Rochester, NY : D.S. Brewer, 2018.
Series:Studies in medieval romance ; v. 22.
Subjects:
Romances, English > History and criticism.
English literature > Middle English, 1100-1500 > History and criticism.
Online Access:
DOAB Directory of Open Access Books: 2018 (Directory of Open Access Books)
NCBI Bookshelf: 2018 (National Center for Biotechnology Information @ National Library of Medicine)
Variant Title:
Evolution of Middle English romance
Tribute to Helen Cooper
Romance Rewritten: The Evolution of Middle English Romance. A Tribute to Helen Cooper
Format: Electronic eBook
Contents:
  • Introduction: Middle English romance: the motifs and the critics / Megan G. Leitch
  • I. Romance disruptions. 1. Medieval romance mischief / Neil Cartlidge
  • 2. Rewrtiting chivalric encounters: cultural anxieties and social critique in the fourteenth century / Marcel Elias
  • 3. Malory's comedy / Christopher Cannon
  • II. Romance and narrative strategies. 4. Beginning with the ending: narrative techniques and their significance in Chaucer's Knight's Tale / Jill Mann
  • 5. The riddle of 'Apollonius': 'a book for Kin Richardes sake' / R. F. Yeager
  • 6. Malory and the post-Vulgate cycle / Elizabeth Archibald
  • 7. Towards a gestural lexicon of medieval English romance / Barry Windeatt
  • III. Romance and spiritual priorities. 8. Giving freely in Sir Cleges: the economy of salvation and the gift of romance / Marco Nievergelt
  • 9. From magic to miracle: reframing Chevalere Assigne / Miriam Edlich-Muth
  • 10. Lifting the veil: voices, visions, and the destiny in Malory's Morte Darthur / Corinne Saunders
  • IV. Late romance. 11. The intelligence of The Court of Love / Ad Putter
  • 12. The Squirt of Low Degree and the penumbra of romance narrative in the early sixteenth century / Julia Boffey and A. S. G. Edwards
  • 13. Contested chivalry: youth at war in Walter Scott and Charlotte M. Yonge / Andrew Lynch.