The beginnings of medieval romance : fact and fiction, 1150-1220 /

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Until the twelfth century writing in the western vernaculars dealt almost exclusively with religious, historical and factual themes, but the second half of the twelfth century saw the emergence of a new genre consciously conceived as fictional, the romance. Dennis Green explores how and why this shi...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Green, D. H. (Dennis Howard), 1922-2008
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2002.
Series:Cambridge studies in medieval literature ; 47.
Subjects:
Romances > History and criticism.
Literature, Medieval > History and criticism.
Roman courtois > Histoire et critique.
Littérature médiévale > Histoire et critique.
TRAVEL > Special Interest > Literary.
LITERARY CRITICISM > General.
Literature, Medieval
Romances
Höfisches Epos
Romancen.
Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Defining twelfth-century fictionality
  • Vernacular fiction in the twelfth century
  • Fictive orality
  • Fiction and Wolfram's Parzival
  • Fiction and structure
  • Fiction and history.

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