Medieval English romance in context

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Medieval English romance in context

Gail Ashton

(Texts and contexts / series editors, Gail Ashton and Fiona McCulloch)

Continuum, c2010

  • : hardback
  • : paperback

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Includes bibliographical references and index

内容説明・目次

巻冊次

: hardback ISBN 9781847062499

内容説明

This book presents an introduction to the key texts and historical, cultural and critical contexts of medieval romance. "Medieval English Romance in Context" is a clear, accessible and concise introduction to medieval English verse romantic texts and their wider contexts. It begins by introducing key issues and events that impacted on romance writing and its reception such as chivalric ideals, the Black Death, wars and 'Englishness' as well as key literary issues such as medieval manuscript production and its transmission. Close readings of key texts - including "Sir Gawain and the Green Knight", Breton lays and Chaucer's "The Man of Law's Tale" - highlight generic features and issues like family drama, space and time, and nationhood. The final section introduces key critical interpretations from different perspectives including gender and queer theory, and post-colonialism in medieval studies. A chapter on afterlives and adaptations explores reinterpretations of medieval romance and the Arthurian cycles in a range of popular texts and narratives from Doctor Who to Batman. 'Review, Reading and Research' sections give suggestions for further reading, discussion and research. Introducing texts, contexts and criticism, this is a lively and up-to-date resource for anyone studying Medieval English Romance. "Texts and Contexts" is a series of clear, concise and accessible introductions to key literary fields and concepts. The series provides the literary, critical, historical context for texts and authors in a specific literary area in a way that introduces a range of work in the field and enables further independent study and reading.

目次

  • Series Preface
  • Part I: Contexts
  • 1. Social and cultural contexts
  • 2. Literary contexts
  • Review, Reading and Research
  • Part II: Texts
  • 3. Readings of key texts
  • Review, Reading and Research
  • Part III: Wider contexts
  • 4. Critical contexts
  • 5. Afterlives and adaptations
  • Review, Reading and Research
  • Bibliography
  • Index.
巻冊次

: paperback ISBN 9781847062505

内容説明

This book presents an introduction to the key texts and historical, cultural and critical contexts of medieval romance. "Medieval English Romance in Context" is a clear, accessible and concise introduction to medieval English verse romantic texts and their wider contexts. It begins by introducing key issues and events that impacted on romance writing and its reception such as chivalric ideals, the Black Death, wars and 'Englishness' as well as key literary issues such as medieval manuscript production and its transmission. Close readings of key texts - including Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Breton lays and Chaucer's The Man of Law's Tale - highlight generic features and issues like family drama, space and time, and nationhood. The final section introduces key critical interpretations from different perspectives including gender and queer theory, and post-colonialism in medieval studies. A chapter on afterlives and adaptations explores reinterpretations of medieval romance and the Arthurian cycles in a range of popular texts and narratives from Doctor Who to Batman. 'Review, Reading and Research' sections give suggestions for further reading, discussion and research. Introducing texts, contexts and criticism, this is a lively and up-to-date resource for anyone studying Medieval English Romance. "Texts and Contexts" is a series of clear, concise and accessible introductions to key literary fields and concepts. The series provides the literary, critical, historical context for texts and authors in a specific literary area in a way that introduces a range of work in the field and enables further independent study and reading.

目次

  • Series Preface
  • Part I: Contexts
  • 1. Social and cultural contexts
  • 2. Literary contexts
  • Review, Reading and Research
  • Part II: Texts
  • 3. Readings of key texts
  • Review, Reading and Research
  • Part III: Wider contexts
  • 4. Critical contexts
  • 5. Afterlives and adaptations
  • Review, Reading and Research
  • Bibliography
  • Index.

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