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A Companion to Romance (eBook, PDF)

From Classical to Contemporary

Redaktion: Saunders, Corinne

Beschreibung

Romance is a varied and fluid literary genre, notoriously difficult to define. This groundbreaking Companion surveys the many permutations of romance throughout the ages. * Considers the literary and historical development of the romance genre from its classical origins to the present day * Incorporates discussion of the changing readership of romance and of romance's special relation to women readers * Comprises 30 essays written by leading authorities on different periods and sub-genres * Challenges the idea that the appeal of romance is exclusively escapist * Draws on a wide range of specific and influential literary examples

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Autor

Corinne Saunders is a Reader in Medieval Literature at the University of Durham. Her previous publications include The Forest of Medieval Romance (1993), Rape and Ravishment in the Literature of Medieval England (2001) and Chaucer (2001) in the Blackwell Guides to Criticism series.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. Mai 2008
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780470999165
• Artikelnr.: 38211106

Rezensionen

"Acknowledging the difficulty of defining "romance," Saundersand the contributors collectively produce a volume that offers amore comprehensive survey of the literature--including itshistorical, national, and generic varieties--than have previousstandard works on the subject...Some of the essays--e.g., HelenCooper's "Malory and the Early Prose Romances" and Richard Cronin's"Victorian Romance: Medievalism"--are exemplary in the quality oftheir writing, scholarship, and critical perception...Highlyrecommended."
Choice

"... It would be worth acquiring for an academic humanitiescollection and, from my own experience, would be particulary usefulfor English literature students at undergraduate and postgraduatelevel."
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