The Beginnings of Medieval Romance: Fact and Fiction, 1150–1220 (Cambridge Studies in Medieval Liter

---

Dennis Green explores how and why this happened, and examines this period of crucial importance for the birth of the romance and the genesis of medieval fiction in the vernacular. Would you like to tell us about a lower price? If you are a seller for this product, would you like to suggest updates through seller support? Learn more about Amazon Prime. Up to the twelfth century, writing in the western vernaculars dealt almost exclusively with religious, historical and factual themes, all of which were understood to convey the truth.

The second half of the twelfth century saw the emergence of a new genre--the romance--which was consciously conceived as fictional and therefore allowed to break free from traditional presuppositions. Green examines this period of crucial importance for the romance genre and for the genesis of medieval fiction. Read more Read less. Review 'Green's is a comparative, pan-European approach never neglectful of literary developments and textual examples Cambridge University Press August 19, Language: Be the first to review this item Amazon Best Sellers Rank: Related Video Shorts 0 Upload your video.

Customer reviews There are no customer reviews yet. Accessus to Lucan, ed. Huygens, Accessus ad auctores. Accessus to Ovid's Amores, ed. Aelred of Rievaulx, De speculo caritatis, J.

Migne, Patrologia Latina , ff. Alanus ab Insulis, De planctu Naturae, ed. III 19 , 2, ff. Augustine, De civitate Dei, J. Migne, Patrologia Latina 41, 13ff. Migne, Patrologia Latina 32, ff. Baudri de Bourgueil, Carmina, ed.

Bernard of Utrecht, Commentum in Theodolum, ed. Jones, Lincoln, Nebraska Bonaventure, De reductione artium ad theologiam, ed. Healy, St Bonaventure, New York Carmen de gestis Frederici I. Cicero, De inventione, ed. Cicero De oratore, ed. Dares Phrygius, De excidio Troiae historia, ed.

Dominicus Gundissalinus, De divisione philosophiae, ed. Eberhard the German, Laborintus, ed. Ecbasis cuiusdam captivi per tropologiam, ed.

Einhard, Vita Karoli, ed. Engelbert von Admont, Speculum virtutum moralium, ed. Ermenrich von Ellwangen, Vita b. Soli, Monumenta Germaniae Historica, Scriptores 15, ff. Felix of Crowland, Vita s.

Additional Information

Geoffrey of Vinsauf, Poetria nova, ed. Giraldus Cambrensis, Descriptio Kambriae, ed. Dimock, Giraldus Cambrensis, Opera, London , vol. Giraldus Cambrensis Speculum ecclesiae, ed. Brewer, Giraldus Cambrensis, Opera, London , vol. Gregory the Great, Dialogi, ed.

Henry of Huntingdon, Epistola ad Warinum, extracts in R. Horace, Ars poetica, ed. Isidore of Seville, Differentiarum sive de proprietate sermonum libri duo, J. Migne, Patrologia Latina 83, 9ff. Isidore of Seville Etymologiae, ed. John of Capua, Directorium humanae vitae, ed. Hervieux, Les fabulistes latins, Paris , vol. John of Garland, Poetria, ed. Lawler, New Haven John of Salisbury, Policraticus, J. Joseph of Exeter Joseph Iscanus , ed.

Konrad von Hirsau, Dialogus super auctores, ed. Lactantius, Opera omnia, ed. Livy, Ab urbe condita, ed. Macrobius, Commentarii in Somnium Scipionis, ed. Marbod of Rennes, Liber decem capitulorum, J. Otto von Freising, Gesta Friderici I. Peter of Blois, De confessione, J. Petrus Cantor, Summa de sacramentis et animae consiliis, ed. III 2a Liber casuum conscientiae , Louvain Quintilian, Institutio oratoria, ed. Remigius of Auxerre, Commentum in Martianum Capellam, ed. Rhetorica ad Herennium, ed.

Scholia Vindobonensia ad Horatii Artem poeticam, ed. Servius Grammaticus, Aeneidos Commentarii, ed. Thomas of Chobham, Summa confessorum, ed. Walter Map, De nugis curialium, ed. William of Malmesbury, Gesta regum Anglorum, ed. William of Malmesbury Vita s. William of Newburgh, Historia rerum Anglicarum, ed.

William of Rennes, Gesta regum Britannie, ed. Vernacular sources Aiol, ed. Ewert, Oxford , Li Chevalier as deus espees, ed. Denis Piramus, La vie saint Edmund, ed. Eilhart von Oberge, Tristrant, ed. Gaimar, L'Estoire des Engleis, ed. Gautier d'Arras, Ille et Galeron, ed. Gautier de Coinci, Miracles de Nostre Dame, ed. Gawain and the Green Knight, ed.

Gordon second edition by N. Davis , Oxford Gottfried von Strassburg, Tristan, ed. Hartmann von Aue, Erec, ed. Hartmann von Aue Iwein, ed. Heinrich von Veldeke, Eneasroman, ed. Jean Bodel, Chanson des Saisnes, ed. Jordan Fantosme, Chronicle, ed. Konrad von Fussesbrunnen, Kindheit Jesu, ed. Lamprecht, Pfaffe, Alexanderlied, ed. Marie de France, Lais, ed. Rychner, Paris Lanval: Otfrid von Weissenburg, Evangelienbuch, ed. Reinbot von Durne, Der heilige Georg, ed. Salverda de Grave, Paris Raynaud de Lage, Paris , Rudolf von Ems, Alexander, ed.

Junk, Leipzig , If you are having problems accessing these resources please email lecturers cambridge. You are now leaving the Cambridge University Press website. Your eBook purchase and download will be completed by our partner www. Please see the permission section of the www. Open global navigation Cambridge University Press Academic. View cart 0 Checkout. Include historic titles Search products. Register Sign in Wishlist.

Unlocking potential with the best learning and research solutions. Home Academic Literature European literature.

Add to cart Add to wishlist Other available formats: Hardback , eBook Looking for an inspection copy? This title is not currently available on inspection. Log in to review. How do you rate this item?

The Beginnings of Medieval Romance

Reviews must contain at least 12 words about the product. Table of Contents Preface List of abbreviations 1. Related Books Irony in the Medieval Romance.

• Pinned! (Yaoi)
• Revisiting Yesterdays: Childhood Memories and Other Recollections
• Michael Aaron Piano Course / Performance / Grade 3
• A Buddhist Bible: The Favorite Scriptures Of The Zen Buddhist Sect
• SURVIVAL, EVASION, RESISTANCE AND ESCAPE HANDBOOK, SERE and CIVIL DISTURBANCE OPERATIONS, US Army Fi