Performance and the Middle English Romance

An examination of if and how medieval romance was performed, uniquely uniting the perspective of a scholar and practitioner.

List of contents

Introduction
Continental Traditions of Narrative Performance
The English Minstrel in History and Romance
Musical Instruments and Narrative
Meter, Accent, and Rhythm
Music and the Middle English Romance
Conclusions
Appendix A: Minstrel References in the Middle English Verse Romances
Appendix B: Medieval Fiddle Tuning and Implications for Narrative Performance
Glossary of Terms
Bibliography

About the author

Linda Marie Zaerr

Product details

• Authors: Linda Marie Zaerr
• Publisher: Boydell & Brewer
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 16.08.2012
• EAN: 9781843843238
• ISBN: 978-1-84384-323-8
• No. of pages: 296
• Dimensions: 160 mm x 241 mm x 23 mm
• Weight: 816 g
• Series: Studies in Medieval Romance
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies