Irony in the Medieval Romance
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: November 10, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 441
ISBN-13: 9780521022163
Subjects: Prose & writers: classical, early & medieval; Medieval; Literary Criticism; Literature - Classics / Criticism; English; Europe; European - General; Literary Criticism & Collections / European; Literary Criticism & Collections / Medieval; Literary Criticism-European - General
First sentence: For a Germanist to devote a book to the presence of irony in the medieval romance stands in need of justification nowadays, for both the hunt for irony in medieval literature and the very pre-occupation with it have called forth objections.