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The popular genre of medieval romance explored in its physical, geographical, and literary contexts.
List of contents
Introduction: Romance and its Medieval Contexts - Rhiannon Purdie and Michael Cichon
The Pleasure of Popular Romance: A Prefatory Essay - Derek Pearsall
Representations of Peasant Speech: Some Literary and Social Contexts for
The Taill of Rauf Coilyear - Nancy Mason Bradbury
'As ye have brewd, so shal ye drink': the Proverbial Context of
Eger and Grime - Michael Cichon
Ekphrasis and Narrative in
Emaré and
Sir Eglamour of Artois - Nicholas Perkins
What's in a name? Anglo-Norman Romances or
Chansons de geste? - Marianne Ailes
'For Goddes love, sir, mercy!': Recontextualising the Modern Critical Text of
Floris and Blancheflor - John A. Geck
Roland in England: Contextualising the Middle English
Song of Roland - Phillipa Hardman
Romance Baptisms and Theological Contexts in
The King of Tars and
Sir Ferumbras - Siobhain Bly Calkin
Modern and Medieval Views on Swooning: the Literary and Medical Contexts of Fainting in Romance - Judith Weiss
Walking [between] the Lines: Romance as Itinerary/Map - Robert Rouse
Romances of Continuity in the English Rous Roll - Yin Liu
'Ex libris domini Duncani Campbell de Glenwrquhay/miles':
The Buik of King Alexander the Conquerour in the household of Sir Duncan Campbell, seventh laird of Glenorchy - Emily Wingfield
'Pur les francs homes amender': Clerical Authors and the Thirteenth-Century Context of Historical Romance - Rosalind Field
About the author
Rhiannon Purdie, Michael Cichon