Romancing treason : the literature of the Wars of the Roses /

"This book addresses the scope and significance of the secular literary culture of the Wars of the Roses, and especially of the Middle English romances that were distinctively written in prose during this period. Megan Leitch argues that the pervasive textual presence of treason during the deca...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Leitch, Megan G. (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2015.
Edition:	First edition.
Subjects:	English literature > Middle English, 1100-1500 > History and criticism. Treason in literature. English literature > Middle English. Englisch. Literatur. Rosenkriege. Landsförräderi > i litteraturen. Engelsk litteratur > historia. 1100 - 1500 Medeltiden Före 1500 Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Table of Contents:

Introduction
'that horrible and falsly forsworne traitor N' : Discourses and Mentalities of Treason, c. 1437-c. 1497
'For treason walketh wonder wyde' : Treachery and Romance during the Wars of the Roses
Speaking (of) Treason in Malory's Morte Darthur : Fifteenth-Century Insular Romance and Chronicle
Thinking Twice about Treason in Caxton's Prose Romances" : Proper Chivalric Conduct and the English Printing Press
Post Script : Writing of/off Treason after 1500.