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Author:

Cavallaro, Dani, 1962- author.

Title:

The chivalric romance and the essence of fiction / Dani Cavallaro.

Publisher:

McFarland & CompanyInc., Publishers,

Copyright Date:

2016

Description:

vii, 219 pages ; 23 cm

Subject:

Chivalry in literature.
Romances--History and criticism.
Literature, Medieval--History and criticism.
Literature, Modern--15th and 16th centuries--History and criticism.
European literature--Renaissance, 1450-1600--History and criticism.
Fiction--Theory, etc.--Theory, etc.
Fiction--Technique.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Preface -- Part I One; Genesis -- Two; Form and Structure -- Part II Three; Creative Cornerstones: Chr©♭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.

Summary:

"Ranging from Chr©♭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"-- Provided by publisher.

ISBN:

0786499834
9780786499830

OCLC:

(OCoLC)922631663

LCCN:

2015047087

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)