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Informationen zum Autor Corinne Saunders is a Reader in Medieval Literature at the University of Durham. Her previous publications include The Forest of Medieval Romance (1993), Rape and Ravishment in the Literature of Medieval England (2001) and Chaucer (2001) in the Blackwell Guides to Criticism series. Klappentext Romance is a varied and fluid literary genre, notoriously difficult to define. This groundbreaking Companion surveys the many permutations of romance throughout the ages. Comprising 30 essays written by leading authorities in the field, it considers the historical and literary development of the genre from its classical origins to the present day. The focus is on English literature, although this is placed within the larger context of perceptions of romance. The book incorporates discussion of the changing readership of romance, particularly romance's special relation to women readers. It challenges the idea that the appeal of romance is exclusively escapist, drawing on a wide range of specific and influential literary examples. The Companion is suitable for general readers and for those beginning their study of literature, as well as for readers seeking more specialized information on the issue of romance or on the individual types of writing, writers, and works considered. Contributors to this volume: Elizabeth Archibald, W. R. J. Barron, Derek Brewer, Helen Cooper, Richard Cronin, David Fairer, Robert Fraser, David Fuller, Jerrold E. Hogle, Kathryn Hume, Susan Jones, Andrew King, Edward Larrissy, Richard Mathews, Ulrika Maude, Clare Morgan, Lori Humphrey Newcomb, Francis O'Gorman, Michael O'Neill, Leonée Ormond, Lynne Pearce, Fiona Price, Clive Probyn, Fiona Robertson, Andrew Sanders, Corinne Saunders, John Simons, Raymond H. Thompson, Lisa Vargo, Judith Weiss Zusammenfassung Romance is a varied and fluid literary genre! notoriously difficult to define. This title considers the literary and historical development of the romance genre from its classical origins to the present day. It incorporates discussion of the changing readership of romance and of romance's special relation to women readers. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of Illustrations viii Acknowledgments ix Notes on Contributors x Introduction 1 1. Ancient Romance 10 Elizabeth Archibald 2. Insular Beginnings: Anglo-Norman Romance 26 Judith Weiss 3. The Popular English Metrical Romances 45 Derek Brewer 4. Arthurian Romance 65 W. R. J. Barron 5. Chaucer's Romances 85 Corinne Saunders 6. Malory and the Early Prose Romances 104 Helen Cooper 7. Gendering Prose Romance in Renaissance England 121 Lori Humphrey Newcomb 8. Sidney and Spenser 140 Andrew King 9. Shakespeare's Romances 160 David Fuller 10. Chapbooks and Penny Histories 177 John Simons 11. The Faerie Queene and Eighteenth-century Spenserianism 197 David Fairer 12. ''Gothic'' Romance: Its Origins and Cultural Functions 216 Jerrold E. Hogle 13. Women's Gothic Romance: Writers, Readers, and the Pleasures of the Form 233 Lisa Vargo 14. Paradise and Cotton-mill: Rereading Eighteenth-century Romance 251 Clive Probyn 15. ''Inconsistent Rhapsodies'': Samuel Richardson and the Politics of Romance 269 Fiona Price 16. Romance and the Romantic Novel: Sir Walter Scott 287 Fiona Robertson 17. Poetry of the Romantic Period: Coleridge and Keats 305 Michael O'Neill 18. Victorian Romance: Tennyson 321 Leonée Ormond 19. Victorian Romance: Medievalism 341 Richard Cronin 20. Romance and Victor...
