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020 _a0416172504
020 _a9781032031521
041 _aEnglish
082 0 0 _a809.385
_bBEE
100 1 _aBeer, Gillian.
245 1 4 _aThe romance /
260 _a[London]
_bMethuen
_c[1970]
300 _a88 p.
_c19 cm.
350 _a18/-
490 0 _aThe Critical idiom, 10
500 _a"Distributed in the U.S.A. by Barnes & Noble Inc."
504 _aBibliography: p. [80]-84.
505 _tCover 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
520 _aFirst 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.
650 0 _aRomances
650 0 _xHistory and criticism.
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