218 Pages
by
Routledge
217 Pages
by
Routledge
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Unique in combining a comprehensive and comparative study of genre with a study of romance, this book constitutes a significant contribution to ongoing critical debates over the definition of romance and the genre and artistry of Malory's Morte Darthur. K.S. Whetter offers an original approach to these issues by prefacing a comprehensive study of romance with a wide-ranging and historically... Read more
Contents: Introduction; Generic kinds and contacts; Redefining medieval romance; Generic juxtapositioning in Malory's Morte DArthur; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.
Biography
K.S. Whetter is currently Associate Professor of English at Acadia University, Canada. He is co-editor (with Raluca Radulescu) of Re-Viewing Le Morte Darthur (2005).
’Whetter's book is forthright in approach, thought-provoking in its material and attractively clear and jargon-free in its presentation. ... an admirable and highly readable book...’ Archiv für das Studium der Neueren Sprachen und Literaturen 'Whetter demonstrates clearly that there is value to the study of genre, not merely as a device for classification, but as a means of understanding the meaning of individual works and of the social and intellectual contexts in which they were produced.' Sixteenth Century Journal
