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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... examples from the area of film and the modern media in addition to examples from a variety ofliterary texts. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS The process of producing a volume on romance is SERIES EDITOR'S PREFACE.
... example of this archetypal plot is the story of the hero who kills the dragon or sea-monster that terrorizes a kingdom, and then marries the king's daughter (Frye 1957: 186—9). Perhaps one of the most famous versions of this plot in ...
... example, as a response to the “emergent class solidarity” of the feudal nobility: the knight who appears evil by virtue of his unknowability and oppositional stance is eventually revealed as a version ofthe self, while evil is projected ...
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Inhoudsopgave
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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 |