| Description |
1 online resource (xiii, 292 pages) : illustrations. |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Cambridge studies in medieval literature ; 47
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Cambridge studies in medieval literature ; 47.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-285) and index. |
| Contents |
Defining twelfth-century fictionality -- Vernacular fiction in the twelfth century -- Fictive orality -- Fiction and Wolfram's Parzival -- Fiction and structure -- Fiction and history. |
| Summary |
Until the twelfth century writing in the western vernaculars dealt almost exclusively with religious, historical and factual themes, but the second half of the twelfth century saw the emergence of a new genre consciously conceived as fictional, the romance. Dennis Green explores how and why this shift occurred. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Romances -- History and criticism.
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Romances. |
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Literature, Medieval -- History and criticism.
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Literature, Medieval. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Green, D.H. (Dennis Howard), 1922-2008. Beginnings of medieval romance. Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2002 0521813999 (DLC) 2001052856 (OCoLC)48469134 |
| ISBN |
0511020570 (electronic book) |
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9780511020575 (electronic book) |
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0521813999 |
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9780521813990 |
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0511045581 |
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9780511045585 |
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0511120532 (electronic book) |
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9780511120534 (electronic book) |
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9780511485787 (electronic book) |
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0511485786 (electronic book) |
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1280159677 |
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9781280159671 |
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