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Romance and History: Imagining Time from the Medieval to the Early Modern Period
Jon Whitman
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Description for Romance and History: Imagining Time from the Medieval to the Early Modern Period
hardcover. A wide-ranging account of the relationship between romance and history from the medieval to the early modern period. Editor(s): Whitman, Jon. Series: Cambridge Studies in Medieval Literature. Num Pages: 338 pages. BIC Classification: DSBB. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 160 x 231 x 22. Weight in Grams: 642.
To what extent can imaginative events be situated in time and history? From the medieval to the early modern period, this question is intriguingly explored in the expansive literary genre of romance. This collective study, edited by Jon Whitman, is the first systematic investigation of that formative process during more than four hundred years. While concentrating on changing configurations of romance itself, the volume examines a number of important related reference points, from epic to chronicle to critical theory. Recalling but qualifying conventional approaches to the three 'matters' of Rome, Britain, and France, the far-reaching inquiry engages major works in ... Read more
To what extent can imaginative events be situated in time and history? From the medieval to the early modern period, this question is intriguingly explored in the expansive literary genre of romance. This collective study, edited by Jon Whitman, is the first systematic investigation of that formative process during more than four hundred years. While concentrating on changing configurations of romance itself, the volume examines a number of important related reference points, from epic to chronicle to critical theory. Recalling but qualifying conventional approaches to the three 'matters' of Rome, Britain, and France, the far-reaching inquiry engages major works in ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Condition
New
Series
Cambridge Studies in Medieval Literature
Number of Pages
338
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781107042780
SKU
V9781107042780
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About Jon Whitman
Jon Whitman teaches in the Department of English of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, where for many years he also directed the Center for Literary Studies. He has published a range of essays on approaches to romance and history, and he is the author of Allegory: The Dynamics of an Ancient and Medieval Technique (1987) and the editor of Interpretation ... Read more
Reviews for Romance and History: Imagining Time from the Medieval to the Early Modern Period
'This book is a comprehensive compilation of resources, dates, names, titles, and a deep literary analysis … I believe this is essential reading for those interested in the representation of history in the past, and a excellent resource for Medieval and Early Modern experts.' Angela P. Pacheco, BSLS Reviews 'This is a fascinating and very informative collection of essays, which ... Read more