Medieval English romance in context / Gail Ashton.

By: Ashton, Gail, 1957-Material type: Text

TextLanguage: English Series: Texts and contexts (Continuum (Firm))Publication details: London ; New York : Continuum, c2010. Description: viii, 163 p. ; 22 cmISBN: 9781847062499 (hbk.); 1847062490 (hbk.); 9781847062505 (pbk.); 1847062504 (pbk.); 9781441129956; 1441129952 Subject(s): English poetry -- Middle English, 1100-1500 -- History and criticism | Romance poetry -- To 1500 -- History and criticism | Romances, English -- History and criticism | Civilization, Medieval, in literatureDDC classification: 821.03309 LOC classification: PR321 | .A84 2010Other classification: HH 4156 Online resources: WorldCat details

Contents:

TOC Social and cultural context -- Literary context and material culture -- Genre and intertextuality -- Scripting identities : private and public worlds -- Critical contexts -- Afterlives and adaptations.

Summary: Summary: Medieval Romance in Context is an 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. --From publisher's description.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
Text	Dr. S. R. Lasker Library, EWU Reserve Section	Non-fiction	821.03309 ASM 2010 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	C-1	Not For Loan		24190
Text	Dr. S. R. Lasker Library, EWU Circulation Section	Non-fiction	821.03309 ASM 2010 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	C-2	Available		24191

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 150-158) and index.

TOC Social and cultural context --
Literary context and material culture --
Genre and intertextuality --
Scripting identities : private and public worlds --
Critical contexts --
Afterlives and adaptations.

Summary:
Medieval Romance in Context is an 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. --From publisher's description.