TY  - BOOK
AU  - Ashton,Gail
TI  - Medieval English romance in context
T2  - Texts and contexts
SN  - 9781847062499 (hbk.)
AV  - PR321 .A84 2010
U1  - 821.03309 
PY  - 2010///
CY  - London, New York
PB  - Continuum
KW  - English poetry
KW  - Middle English, 1100-1500
KW  - History and criticism
KW  - Romance poetry
KW  - To 1500
KW  - Romances, English
KW  - Civilization, Medieval, in literature
N1  - 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; English
N2  - 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
UR  - http://www.worldcat.org/title/medieval-english-romance-in-context/oclc/676698590&referer=brief_results
ER  -