Thinking medieval romance Little, Katherine C. 1969- editor. McDonald, Nicola editor. text bibliography Electronic books. romances (medieval narratives) Romances Criticism, interpretation, etc. Romances. Romans courtois. enk 2018 2018 First edition. monographic eng remote 1 online resource : illustrations Medieval romances with their magic fountains, brave knights, and beautiful maidens have come to stand for the Middle Ages more generally. This close connection between the Medieval and the romance has had consequences for popular conceptions of the Middle Ages, an idealized fantasy of chivalry and hierarchy, and also for our understanding of romances, as always already archaic, part of a half-forgotten past. And yet, romances were one of the most influential and long-lasting innovations of the medieval period. To emphasize their novelty is to see the resources Medieval people had for thinking about their contemporary concern and controversies, whether social order, Jewish/ Christian relations, the Crusades, the connectivity of the Mediterranean, women's roles as mothers, and how to write a national past. Introduction -- Part I : Does romance think? -- Part II : Romance thinks politics -- Part III : Romance thinks religion -- Part IV : Romance thinks music -- Part V : Rethinking the term 'romance' edited by Katherine C. Little and Nicola McDonald. Includes bibliographical references and index. Romances, English History and criticism Literature, Medieval History and criticism English literature Middle English, 1100-1500 History and criticism Roman courtois anglais Histoire et critique Littérature médiévale Histoire et critique Littérature anglaise 1100-1500 (Moyen anglais) Histoire et critique LITERARY CRITICISM Medieval English literature Middle English Literature, Medieval Romances, English 1100-1500 fast PR327 821.109 Thinking medieval romance Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2018 First edition. (OCoLC)1030971334 9780192514356 0192514350 9780191836497 0191836494 9780198795148 0198795149 http://proxy.library.tamu.edu/login?url=https://academic.oup.com/book/5975 N$T 181012 20260319180127.4 in00005716532 eng