The English romance in time : transforming motifs from Geoffrey of Monmouth to the death of Shakespeare
Cooper, HelenAuthor
Oxford : Oxford University Press,
2004.
The great story motifs of romance were transmitted directly from the Middle Ages to the age of print in an abundance of editions. Spenser and Shakespeare assumed a familiarity with them and therefore exploited it, with new texts aimed at both elite and popular audiences.
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
The great story motifs of romance were transmitted directly from the Middle Ages to the age of print in an abundance of editions. Spenser and Shakespeare assumed a familiarity with them and therefore exploited it, with new texts aimed at both elite and popular audiences.
Description based on print version record.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Romances, English
English literature
English literature
English
English Literature
Languages & Literatures