Writing aloud
Subtitle: storytelling in late medieval England
By: Nancy Mason Bradbury.
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Urbana
Language: eng
Number of pages: 247
Subjects: English literature -- Middle English, 1100-1500 -- History and criticism.; Oral tradition -- England -- History -- To 1500.; Narration (Rhetoric) -- History -- To 1500.; Romances, English -- History and criticism.; Storytelling -- History -- To 1500.; Rhetoric, Medieval.
Description: In this study, Nancy Bradbury presents a spectrum of medieval English romances that extends from the fragmentary remains of a predominantly oral tradition to a writerly work that proclaims its own place in the European tradition of canonical poetry. By focusing on works composed at the interface of oral and literary tradition, Bradbury tracks the movement of folkloric patterns from the shared culture of oral storytelling to the realm of elite literature.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 229-242) and index.