Expectations of Romance: The Reception of a Genre in Medieval England

by Melissa Furrow

"An important and powerful meditation on romance genre, reception and ethical/moral purpose -- amongst many other aspects of romance." Professor ROBERT ROUSE, University of British Columbia. Medieval readers, like modern ones, differed in whether they saw "noble storie, and worthie for to drawen to memorie" in romance, or "drasty rymyng, nat worth a toord." This book tackles the task of discerning what were the medieval expectations of the genre...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1843842076
• ISBN13: 9781843842071
• Release Date: November 2009
• Publisher: Boydell & Brewer
• Length: 274 Pages
• Weight: 1.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.2" x 9.2"