Cultural encounters in the romance of Medieval England
By: edited by Corinne Saunders.
Contributors: Saunders, Corinne J., 1963-
Series: Studies in medieval romance
Publisher: D.S. Brewer
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Woodbridge, Suffolk, UK; Rochester, NY, USA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 193
Subjects: Romances, English -- History and criticism.; Politics and literature -- Great Britain -- History -- To 1500.; Literature and society -- England -- History -- To 1500.; Literary form -- History -- To 1500.; England -- Civilization -- 1066-1485.
Description: "Cultural encounter necessarily defines and shapes the romances of medieval England: the fluidity and openness that characterise the romance genre allow it to flourish with particular strength in a world distinguished by its different cultural layers. The essays in this collection consider both the early insular tradition and later Middle English traditions - classical, Anglo-Saxon and Continental, and the intersection of lay and clerical, as well as the meeting of genres themselves, in particular romance and chronicle."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Original and translation: Bevis's mother in Anglo-Norman and Middle English / Ivana Djordjevi?; title: Chronicle and romance: the story of Ine and Æthelburgh / Tony Davenport; title: The king over water: exile-and-return revisited / Rosalind Field; title: Ineffectual monarchs: portrayals of regal and imperial power in Ipomedon, Robert le diable and Octavian / Judith Weiss; title: English identity and the law in Havelok the Dane, Horn childe and maiden Rimnild and Beues of Hamtown / Robert Rouse; title: The true romance of Tristrem and Ysoude / Phillipa Hardman; title: Did knights have baths? the absence of bathing in Middle English romance / Elizabeth Archibald; title: Some notes on 'ennobling love' and its successor in medieval romance / Derek Brewer; title: 'Therof seyus clerkus': slander, rape and Sir Gowther / Neil Cartlidge; title: Beyond the kick: women's agency in Athelston / Nancy Mason Bradbury; title: Torrent of Portyngale and the literary giants / Roger Dalrymple; title: Thomas of Erceldoune: romance as prophecy / Helen Cooper.