The English Romance in Time Transforming Motifs from Geoffrey of Monmouth to the Death of Shakespeare |
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Author:
| Cooper, Helen |
ISBN: | 978-0-19-924886-5 |
Publication Date: | Jul 2004 |
Publisher: | Oxford University Press
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Book Format: | Hardback |
List Price: | AUD $199.05AUD $277.00 |
Book Description:
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An exploration of English romance across the Middle Ages and the Renaissance. Helen cooper traces romance motifs - quests and fairy mistresses, passionate heroines and rudderless boats and missing heirs - from the first emergence of the genre in French and Anglo-Norman in the twelfth century to the early seventeenth century.
An exploration of English romance across the Middle Ages and the Renaissance. Helen cooper traces romance motifs - quests and fairy mistresses, passionate heroines and rudderless boats and missing heirs - from the first emergence of the genre in French and Anglo-Norman in the twelfth century to the early seventeenth century.