160 Pages
by
Routledge
158 Pages
by
Routledge
158 Pages
by
Routledge
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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... Read more
INTRODUCTION; Chapter 1 CLASSICAL ROMANCE; Chapter 2 MEDIEVAL ROMANCE; Chapter 3 ROMANCE IN THE RENAISSANCE; Chapter 4 1 POST-RENAISSANCE TRANSFORMATIONS; FURTHER READING; SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY Index;
Biography
Barbara Fuchs is Associate Professor of Romance Languages at the University of Pennsylvania. She is the author of Passing for Spain: Cervantes and the Fictions of Identity (2003), and Mimesis and Empire: The New World, Islam, and European Identities (2001).
