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The chivalric romance and the essence of fiction /

Ranging from Chrétien de Troyes to Shakespeare, this study proposes that the chivalric romance is characterized by a centerless structure, self-conscious fictionality and a propensity for irony. The form is tied to historical reality, yet represents the archetype of imaginative literature, declaring...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Cavallaro, Dani, 1962- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2016]
Subjects:
Chivalry in literature.
Romances > History and criticism.
Literature, Medieval > History and criticism.
Literature, Modern > 15th and 16th centuries > History and criticism.
European literature > Renaissance, 1450-1600 > History and criticism.
Fiction > History and criticism > Theory, etc.
Fiction > Technique.
Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • Part I One; Genesis
  • Two; Form and Structure
  • Part II Three; Creative Cornerstones: Chrétien de Troyes and the Lancelot-Grail Cycle
  • Four; Medieval Masters: Chaucer, Malory, the Lay and the Gawain Poet
  • Five; Renaissance Refashionings: Ariosto, Spenser and Shakespeare.