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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... poem ofa similartype. The immediate source ofthis use was app. F. roman. b. A romantic novel or narrative. 4. A Spanish historical ballad or short poem ofa certain form. From Sp. romance, whence also F. romance. Attributive uses, as ...
... poems that emerge in twelfth-century France and quickly make their way around Europe (as in OED II.2). These popular poems were known as romances because they were written in the vernacular, or romance, languages derived from Latin (OED ...
... poets for whom the attainment of an end is problematic, or impossible, the focus may be less on arrival or completion than on the strategy of delay” (Parker 1979: 5). For purposes ofthis discussion, 1 would like to adapt Frye 8 ...
... poem, sharpening the distinctions between these predecessors and exacerbating the ideological implications of their form. Aeneas is nearly derailed from his fated mission by a series of Odyssean adventures, and most seriously by the ...
... poem about war but about the vexed return home. It is concerned far more with the individual hero and his transformations than with any corporate goal. The interest of the narrative lies precisely in the obstacles and detours in ...
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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 |