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02099aam a2200385 i 4500 001 04F16E1C6B5411E69AFE1DDBDAD10320 003 SILO 005 20160826010517 008 160208s2016 ncu b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2015047087 020 $a 0786499834 020 $a 9780786499830 035 $a (OCoLC)922631663 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d YDX $d YDXCP $d BTCTA $d OCLCQ $d IWA $d SILO 042 $a pcc 050 00 $a PN682 C53 C38 2016 100 1 $a Cavallaro, Dani, $d 1962- $e author. 245 14 $a The chivalric romance and the essence of fiction / $c Dani Cavallaro. 264 1 $a Jefferson, North Carolina : $b McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, $c [2016] 300 $a vii, 219 pages ; $c 23 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 520 $a "Ranging from Chr婉tien 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 its fictional status without claiming to embody fixed truths"-- $c Provided by publisher. 505 0 $a Preface -- Part I One; Genesis -- Two; Form and Structure -- Part II Three; Creative Cornerstones: Chr婉tien 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. 650 0 $a Chivalry in literature. 650 0 $a Romances $x History and criticism. 650 0 $a Literature, Medieval $x History and criticism. 650 0 $a Literature, Modern $y 15th and 16th centuries $x History and criticism. 650 0 $a European literature $y Renaissance, 1450-1600 $x History and criticism. 650 0 $a Fiction $x Theory, etc. $x Theory, etc. 650 0 $a Fiction $x Technique. 941 $a 2 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20180102052648.0 952 $l USUX851 $d 20160826044145.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=04F16E1C6B5411E69AFE1DDBDAD10320 994 $a C0 $b IWAInitiate Another SILO Locator Search