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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... ofthe term . offers an original and distinctive overview by a leading literary and cultural critic . relates the term to the larger field of cultural representation. With a strong emphasis on clarity, lively debate, and the widest ...
... of the first Rank, and so forth; where lofty Language, miraculous Contingencies and impossible Performances, elevate ... ofthe Novel, 15 Romance is a notoriously slippery category. Critics disagree about Whether it is a genre or a mode ...
... ofthe great cycles of medieval legend, and belonging both in matter and form to the ages ofknighthood; also, in later use, a prose tale ofa similar character. Orig. denoting a composition in the vernacular (French, etc.), as contrasted ...
... ofthe term comes precisely from its transformations and reiterations over time. Nor is literary romance necessarily concerned with eros, although this popular sense of the term often permeates it. Finally, literary romance must be ...
... ofthe central modes ofliterature in two seminal studies, Anatomy ofCriticism (1957) and The Secular Scripture: A Study of the Structure 0fR0mance (1976). Frye follows Aristotle to suggest that fiction may be classified “by the hero's ...
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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 |