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Raluca L. Radulescu and Cory James Rushton, eds.
A Companion to Medieval Popular Romance.
Publisher: D. S. Brewer.
Series: Studies in Medieval Romance.
Publication due: June 2011
(hardback was 2009, ISBN 9781843841920).
Size: 23.4 x 15.6.
Page count: 224pp.

Publisher's recommended price
Paperback ISBN 9781843842705, £17.99

Description:

Popular romance was one of the most wide-spread forms of literature in the middle ages, yet despite its cultural centrality, and its fundamental importance for later literary developments, the genre has defied precise definition, its subject matter ranging from tales of chivalric adventure, to saintly women, and monsters who become human. The essays in this collection seek to provide an inclusive and thorough examination of romance. They provide contexts, definitions, and explanations for the genre, particularly in, but not limited to, an English context. Topics covered include genre and literary classification; race and ethnicity; gender; orality and performance; the romance and young readers; metre and form; printing culture; and reception.

Contents:
1 Introduction
2 Popular Romance: The Material and the Problems
3 Genre and Classification
4 The Manuscripts of Popular Romance
5 Printed Romance in the Sixteenth Century
6 Middle English Popular Romance and National Identity
7 Gender and Identity in the Popular Romance
8 The Metres and Stanza Forms of Popular Romance
9 Orality and Performance
10 Popular Romances and Young Readers
11 Modern and Academic Reception of the Popular Romance
12 Bibliography.