The beginnings of medieval romance : fact and fiction, 1150-1220 / D.H. Green.
Until the twelfth century writing in the western vernaculars dealt almost exclusively with religious, historical and factual themes, but the second half of the twelfth century saw the emergence of a new genre consciously conceived as fictional, the romance. Dennis Green explores how and why this shi...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge, UK ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2002.
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| Series: | Cambridge studies in medieval literature ;
47. |
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| Summary: | Until the twelfth century writing in the western vernaculars dealt almost exclusively with religious, historical and factual themes, but the second half of the twelfth century saw the emergence of a new genre consciously conceived as fictional, the romance. Dennis Green explores how and why this shift occurred. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xiii, 292 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-285) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0511020570 9780511020575 0521813999 9780521813990 0511045581 9780511045585 0511120532 9780511120534 9780511485787 0511485786 1280159677 9781280159671 9786610159673 661015967X 1107125839 9781107125834 0521049563 9780521049566 0511325622 9780511325625 0511157770 9780511157776 |
| DOI: | 10.1017/CBO9780511485787 |
| Language: | English. |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Source of description: Print version record. |