A Companion to Medieval Popular Romance

by Cory James Rushton

Book Overview

A comprehensive guide to the medieval popular romance, one of the age's most important literary forms.

Popular romance was one of the most wide-spread forms of literature in the middle ages, yet despite its cultural centrality, and its fundamental importance for later literary developments, the genre has defied precise definition, its subject matter ranging from tales of chivalric adventure, to saintly women, and monsters who become human...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 184384270X
• ISBN13: 9781843842705
• Release Date: June 2011
• Publisher: Boydell & Brewer
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.71 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"