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Book Title
Forest of Medieval Romance : Avernus, Broceliande, Arden
Publication Name
The Forest of Medieval Romance
Title
The Forest of Medieval Romance
Subtitle
Avernus, Broceliande, Arden
Author
Corinne Saunders
Format
Hardcover
ISBN-10
0859913813
EAN
9780859913812
ISBN
9780859913812
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer, The Limited
Genre
Literary Criticism, Literary Collections
Release Year
1993
Release Date
17/06/1993
Language
English
Country/Region of Manufacture
GB
Item Height
0.8in
Item Length
9.4in
Item Weight
18.5 Oz
Publication Year
1993
Topic
Medieval, Ancient & Classical
Item Width
6.5in
Number of Pages
249 Pages

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The motif of the forest in medieval romance finds its origins in the historical forest of the middle ages and the Biblical tradition of the wilderness, as well as in the classical philosophical tradition of the word 'silva'. Classical literature presented the forest as a landscape associated with the supernatural and with potentiality, ideas which were rewritten with a courtly emphasis in the 'roman d'antiquité'. As the chivalric romance form developed over the course of the twelfth century, the forest formed the landscape of the quest. The idea of the idyllic landscape, most developed in the 'Tristan' romances, and the recurring concept of the other or supernatural world drawn from Breton material, are interwoven with this presentation of the forest. These themes were transformed in the thirteenth century by the allegorical forest of the Grail Quest, so that by the fourteenth century the potential of the forest as a literary motif was considerable. Individual middle English romances such as 'Sir Orfeo', 'Sir Launfal', 'Sir Gawain and the Green Knight' and Chaucer's 'Wife of Bath's Tale' demonstrate the complex thematic interplay associated with the forest as sophisticated romance convention. SirThomas Malory's 'Morte Darthur' offers a final and culminative reworking of the forest of medieval romance, drawing together diverse themes to create a landscape poised between romance and reality, before the transformation of the forest into the highly self-conscious and psychological landscape of Renaissance literature, including the plays of Shakespeare. Throughout, Dr Saunders employs close textual analysis and comparison within a chronological framework to show how the forestof medieval romance developed as a literary construction with its own logic, associations and ramifications. Dr CORINNE SAUNDERS teaches in the Department of English at the University of Durham.

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Publisher
Boydell & Brewer, The Limited
ISBN-10
0859913813
ISBN-13
9780859913812
eBay Product ID (ePID)
377847

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Book Title
Forest of Medieval Romance : Avernus, Broceliande, Arden
Author
Corinne Saunders
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Medieval, Ancient & Classical
Publication Year
1993
Genre
Literary Criticism, Literary Collections
Number of Pages
249 Pages

Dimensions

Item Length
9.4in
Item Height
0.8in
Item Width
6.5in
Item Weight
18.5 Oz

Additional Product Features

Lc Classification Number
Pn682.F6s38 1993
Reviews
Valuable for its discussions of medieval English and French romances and lays, and especially for its survey of their varieties of wooded landscape - idyllic and exilic, amorous and adventurous. MEDIUM AEVUMCorinne Saunders tackles [forests] with practicality and a clear scheme... she follows a clear chronological plan from 12th to 15th centuries. Her text-by-text layout does justice to the variety of possibilities taken up by different authors. TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT [Tom Shippey 07/01/94]Elegant volume... will be essential to future research in the field. STUDIES IN THE AGE OF CHAUCERA useful contribution to our understanding of romance narratives. LEEDS STUDIES IN ENGLISH
Copyright Date
1993
Lccn
93-007808
Dewey Decimal
809/.9336
Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
Dewey Edition
20
Illustrated
Yes

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