'Floire and Blancheflor' and the European Romance

by Patricia E. Grieve

Book Overview

This comparative 1997 study examines a medieval love story, Floire and Blancheflor, and shows how writers from Spain, France, Italy, England and Scandinavia reworked the story from the twelfth to the sixteenth century to develop and emphasize social, political, religious and artistic goals, while maintaining its entertaining qualities. It shows the importance of a little-known medieval Spanish version to the development of the story throughout Europe,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521027675
• ISBN13: 9780521027670
• Release Date: August 2008
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 260 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"