The romance /
Beer, Gillian.
The romance / - [London] Methuen [1970] - 88 p. 19 cm. - The Critical idiom, 10 .
"Distributed in the U.S.A. by Barnes & Noble Inc."
Bibliography: p. [80]-84.
Cover
Half Title
Title Page
Copyright Page
Table of Contents
GENERAL EDITOR’S PREFACE
1 HISTORY AND DEFINITION
Some characteristics
Historical development
The romance and the reader
The romance and the novel
Objections to the romance
2 MEDIEVAL TO RENAISSANCE ROMANCE: HISTORY AND MYTH
Medieval chivalric romance
Elizabethan romance
3 CERVANTES TO THE GOTHIC NOVEL: THE ROMANCE AND THE RISE OF THE NOVEL
Don Quixote
The decline of the romance
The Gothic revival
4 ROMANTICISM AND POST-ROMANTIC ROMANCE
The romance and some romantic poems
‘Realism’ and ‘Romance’
The reconciliation of ‘Romance’ and ‘Realism’
5 CONCLUSION
SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY
INDEX
First published in 1970, this work provides an overview of the Romance from the medieval period to the 20th century and tracks how the genre has changed with time, including its interaction with other forms of literature such as gothic novels, realism and science fiction. It explores a myriad of writers including Chaucer, Sidney, Tennyson, Shelley, Meredith and Keats and analyses key texts such as Don Quixote by Cervantes and Kubla Khan by Coleridge. This book will be of interest to those studying Romantic literature.
0416172504 9781032031521
Romances--History and criticism.
809.385 / BEE
The romance / - [London] Methuen [1970] - 88 p. 19 cm. - The Critical idiom, 10 .
"Distributed in the U.S.A. by Barnes & Noble Inc."
Bibliography: p. [80]-84.
Cover
Half Title
Title Page
Copyright Page
Table of Contents
GENERAL EDITOR’S PREFACE
1 HISTORY AND DEFINITION
Some characteristics
Historical development
The romance and the reader
The romance and the novel
Objections to the romance
2 MEDIEVAL TO RENAISSANCE ROMANCE: HISTORY AND MYTH
Medieval chivalric romance
Elizabethan romance
3 CERVANTES TO THE GOTHIC NOVEL: THE ROMANCE AND THE RISE OF THE NOVEL
Don Quixote
The decline of the romance
The Gothic revival
4 ROMANTICISM AND POST-ROMANTIC ROMANCE
The romance and some romantic poems
‘Realism’ and ‘Romance’
The reconciliation of ‘Romance’ and ‘Realism’
5 CONCLUSION
SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY
INDEX
First published in 1970, this work provides an overview of the Romance from the medieval period to the 20th century and tracks how the genre has changed with time, including its interaction with other forms of literature such as gothic novels, realism and science fiction. It explores a myriad of writers including Chaucer, Sidney, Tennyson, Shelley, Meredith and Keats and analyses key texts such as Don Quixote by Cervantes and Kubla Khan by Coleridge. This book will be of interest to those studying Romantic literature.
0416172504 9781032031521
Romances--History and criticism.
809.385 / BEE