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Titre(s) : Thinking medieval romance [Texte imprimé] / edited by Katherine C. Little and Nicola McDonald
Publication : Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2018
Description matérielle : viii-243 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Note(s) : Includes bibliographical references and index
"Medieval romances with their magic fountains, brave knights, and beautiful maidens
have come to stand for the Middle Ages more generally. This close connection between
the medieval and the romance has had consequences for popular conceptions of the Middle
Ages, an idealized fantasy of chivalry and hierarchy, and also for our understanding
of romances, as always already archaic, part of a half-forgotten past. And yet, romances
were one of the most influential and long-lasting innovations of the medieval period.
To emphasize their novelty is to see the resources medieval people had for thinking
about their contemporary concern and controversies, whether social order, Jewish/
Christian relations, the Crusades, the connectivity of the Mediterranean, women's
roles as mothers, and how to write a national past. This volume takes up the challenge
to 'think romance', investigating the various ways that romances imagine, reflect,
and describe the challenges of the medieval world"
Autre(s) auteur(s) : Little, Katherine C. (1969-....). Éditeur scientifique
McDonald, Nicola (1964-....). Éditeur scientifique
Sujet(s) : Littérature anglaise -- 1100-1500 (moyen anglais)
Civilisation médiévale -- Dans la littérature
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9780198795148. - ISBN 0198795149
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb45588000m
Notice n° :
FRBNF45588000
(notice reprise d'un réservoir extérieur)
Table des matières : Does romance think ? ; Romance thinks politics ; Romance thinks religion ; Romance
thinks music ; Rethinking the term 'romance'.
