RomanceRoutledge, 9 sep 2004 - 158 pagina's Often derided as an inferior form of literature, 'romance' as a literary mode or genre defies satisfactory definition, dividing critics, scholars and readers alike. This useful guidebook traces the myriad transformations of 'romance' from medieval courtly love to Mills and Boon, and claims that its elusive and complex nature serves as a touchstone for larger questions of literary and cultural theory, such as:
The case for 'romance' as a concept is presented clearly and imaginatively, arguing that its usefulness to contemporary critics can be maintained if it is regarded as a literary strategy rather than a fixed genre. In encouraging the reader to consider the fluidity of literature, Romance will be of equal value to all students of historical and comparative literatures and of modern literary forms. |
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... critics, scholars and readers alike. In this lucid, imaginative guidebook, Barbara Fuchs: traces the myriad transformations ofromance throughout literary history examines the concept's relation to larger questions ofliterary and ...
... critic . relates the term to the larger field of cultural representation. With a strong emphasis on clarity, lively debate, and the widest possible breadth ofexamples, The New Critical Idiom is an indispensable approach to key topics in ...
... criticism. 2. Literature, Medieval—History and criticism. 3. European literature— Renaissance,1450—1600—History and criticism. I. Title. II. Series. PN56.R6F83 2004 809.3—dc22 2004003902 British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data A ...
... criticism and theory is a dynamic and heterogeneous one. The present need is for individual volumes on terms which combine clarity of exposition with an adventurousness of perspective and a breadth of application. Each volume will ...
... Critics disagree about Whether it is a genre or a mode, about its origins and history, even about What it encompasses. Yet, paradoxically, readers are often able to identify romance almost tacitly: they know it when they see it. My ...
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2 Medieval Romance | 37 |
3 Romance in the Renaissance | 66 |
4 PostRenaissance Transformations | 99 |
FURTHER READING | 131 |
SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY | 133 |
INDEX | 142 |