showing that contrary to the commonly held view that romances are representative of the "popular culture" of their day, in fact such texts appealed primarily to the gentry, England's elite landowners who lacked titles of nobility.
showing that contrary to the commonly held view that romances are representative of the "popular culture" of their day, in fact such texts appealed primarily to the gentry, England's elite landowners who lacked titles of nobility.
Michael Johnston is an Assistant Professor of English at Purdue University (West Lafayette, Ind., USA). He specializes in the history of the book, particularly the manuscript culture of fifteenth-century England. His work on this topic has recently appeared in the Journal of English and Germanic Philology, Journal of the Early Book Society, Viator, and Yearbook of Langland Studies. He regularly offers courses on British literature and culture, primarily of the Middle Ages, as well as courses on the history of books.
Inhaltsangabe
Introduction 1: "A watered-down version of nobility": The Growth of the Gentry in Late Medieval England 2: Gentry Romances: A Literary History 3: Gentry Romances: The Manuscript Evidence 4: Derbyshire Landowners Read Romance 5: Robert Thornton Reads Romance 6: The Irelands Read Romance Appendix: The Composition and Circulation of Gentry Romances
Introduction 1: "A watered-down version of nobility": The Growth of the Gentry in Late Medieval England 2: Gentry Romances: A Literary History 3: Gentry Romances: The Manuscript Evidence 4: Derbyshire Landowners Read Romance 5: Robert Thornton Reads Romance 6: The Irelands Read Romance Appendix: The Composition and Circulation of Gentry Romances
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