The Beginnings of Medieval Romance
Subtitle: Fact and Fiction, 11501220 (Cambridge Studies in Medieval Literature)
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: August 19, 2002
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 308
ISBN-13: 9780521813990
Subjects: Literary studies: classical, early & medieval; Medieval Literature - History And Criticism; Literature - Classics / Criticism; Literary Criticism; Romances; European - General; Literary Criticism & Collections / European; Romances--History and criticism; Romances--History and criticism Romances--His; Medieval; History and criticism; Literature, Medieval
First sentence: The aim of this chapter is to propose a working definition of fiction applicable to the romances written between about 1150 and 1220, making no claim to wider validity.