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02909aam a22004098i 4500 001 A6C2197C580511E8A8F83C5097128E48 003 SILO 005 20180515010114 008 170630s2018 ilu b 001 0 eng c 010 $a 2017031778 020 $a 022654026X 020 $a 9780226540269 020 $a 022654012X 020 $a 9780226540122 035 $a (OCoLC)993134442 040 $a ICU/DLC $b eng $e rda $c CGU $d DLC $d OCLCO $d BDX $d BTCTA $d YDX $d OCLCQ $d HTM $d GSU $d SILO 042 $a pcc 050 04 $a PN685 $b .S85 2018 082 00 $a 809/.93351 $2 23 100 1 $a Sullivan, Karen, $d 1964- $e author. 245 14 $a The danger of romance : $b truth, fantasy, and Arthurian fictions / $c Karen Sullivan. 264 1 $a Chicago ; $b The University of Chicago Press, $c [2018] 300 $a 299 pages ; $c 23 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 281-290) and index. 505 0 $a Romance and its reception -- Merlin: magic, miracles, and marvels -- King Arthur: history and fiction -- Lancelot of the lake: the morality of adultery -- The quest of the holy grail: the sacredness of the secular -- Truth and the imagination: from romance to children's fantasy. 520 $a Romance has traditionally been dismissed by critics for failing to represent the world as it is, and yet it has been embraced by readers attracted to its distinctive depiction of reality. Given the pleasure it has afforded readers over the centuries, is it possible that it is expressing a truth unrecognized by realist genres? The Arthurian literature of the Middle Ages, Karen Sullivan argues, consistently ventriloquizes the criticisms that were being made of romance at the time and implicitly defends itself against those criticisms. The danger of romance shows that the conviction that ordinary reality is the only reality is itself an assumption, and one that can blind those who hold it to the extraordinary phenomena that exist around them, demonstrating that that which is rare, ephemeral, and inexplicable is no less real than that which is commonplace, long-lasting, and easily accounted for. If romance continues to appeal to audiences today, whether in its Arthurian prototype or in its more recent incarnations, it is because it confirms the perception - or even the hope - of a beauty and truth in the world that realist genres deny. 600 00 $a Arthur, $c King $x In literature. 600 00 $a Lancelot $c (Legendary character) $x In literature. 600 00 $a Merlin $c (Legendary character) $x In literature. 650 0 $a Arthurian romances $x History and criticism. 650 0 $a French literature $y To 1500 $x History and criticism. 650 0 $a Arthurian romances $x Appreciation. 941 $a 3 952 $l PLAX964 $d 20230718093043.0 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20181116051923.0 952 $l USUX851 $d 20181003012509.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=A6C2197C580511E8A8F83C5097128E48Initiate Another SILO Locator Search