Romance in Medieval England
Published on 31. October 1991
Book
Hardback
236 pages
978-0-85991-326-3 (ISBN)
Description
Essays dealing with the cultural and linguistic diversity of the romance form from 12c-15c in England.
These papers, presented at the first meeting of the society for the Study of Medieval Romance in 1988, exemplify some of the most significant recent trends in literary studies. Notable among these is an interest in women's historyand female points of view. More specifically medieval concerns are codicological study and the present lively debate over editorial issues and principles. Since the essays deal with the romance in England between the 12th and 15th centuries, they illustrate both the cultural and linguistic diversity of the genre and the diversity in possible critical approaches.
Contributors: MALDWYN MILLS, JENNIFER FELLOWS, JOHN J. THOMPSON, GILLIAN ROGERS, LYNNE S. BLANCHFIELD, CAROL M. MEALE, JOHN SIMONS, S.H.A. SHEPHERD, ROSAMUND ALLEN, JUDITH WEISS, ROSALIND FIELD, DAVID BURNLEY, ELIZABETH WILLIAMS.
These papers, presented at the first meeting of the society for the Study of Medieval Romance in 1988, exemplify some of the most significant recent trends in literary studies. Notable among these is an interest in women's historyand female points of view. More specifically medieval concerns are codicological study and the present lively debate over editorial issues and principles. Since the essays deal with the romance in England between the 12th and 15th centuries, they illustrate both the cultural and linguistic diversity of the genre and the diversity in possible critical approaches.
Contributors: MALDWYN MILLS, JENNIFER FELLOWS, JOHN J. THOMPSON, GILLIAN ROGERS, LYNNE S. BLANCHFIELD, CAROL M. MEALE, JOHN SIMONS, S.H.A. SHEPHERD, ROSAMUND ALLEN, JUDITH WEISS, ROSALIND FIELD, DAVID BURNLEY, ELIZABETH WILLIAMS.
Reviews / Votes
A compelling overview of the question, unobtrusively vindicating a body of writings long dismissed as wrong-headed `popular' imitations of a greater literature... particularly adapted to undergraduate audiences, for whom it will certainly become a regular reference, while scholars will welcome a collection giving its lettres de noblesse to a genre that is both enjoyable to read and profitable to study. * NOTES AND QUERIES * A fine miscellany. * NOTES AND QUERIES * Essays...raise important questions about definitions of romance, and about its audience. A stimulating collection. * REVIEW OF ENGLISH STUDIES * Valuable for its attention to problems of editing and interpreting manuscript compilations as well as for its focus on less-studied romances such as Octavian, Melayne, Bevis of Hamtoun, Generides, and Isumbras- Five essays deal with questions raised by the study of manuscripts. -The remaining essays look to romances' audience, representations of women, and generic interactions for ways of better interpreting their meanings-this collection of essays and the ongoing conference from which it is drawn contribute to significant devs field.s in the study of romance. * SPECULUM *More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Cloth over boards
Dimensions
Height: 240 mm
Width: 161 mm
Thickness: 17 mm
Weight
526 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-85991-326-3 (9780859913263)
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Schweitzer Classification
Persons
Maldwyn Mills, Jennifer Fellows, Carol Meale
Content
Introduction, Maldwyn Mills; editing Middle English romances, Jennifer Fellows; collecting Middle English romances and some related book-production activities in the later Middle Ages, John J.Thompson; the Percy Folio Manuscript revisited, Gillian Rogers; the romances in MS Ashmole 61 - an idiosyncratic scribe, Lynne S.Blanchfield; the Morgan Library copy of "Generides", Carol M.Meale; northern "Octabian" and the question of class, John Simons; "The Grete Journee" - "The Sege of Melayne", S.H.A.Shapherd; female perspectives in romance and history, Rosamund Allen; the wooing woman in Anglo-Norman romance, Judith Weiss; romance as history, history as romance, Rosalind Field; comforting the troops - an epic moment in popular romance, David Burnley; hunting the deer - some uses of a motif-complex in Middle English Romance and Saint's Life, Elizabeth Williams.