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McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, Jefferson, North Carolina
"Ranging from Chrétien de Troyes to Shakespeare, this study proposes that the chivalric romance is characterized by a centerless structure, self-conscious fictionality and a propensity for irony. The form is tied to historical reality, yet represents...
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"Ranging from Chrétien de Troyes to Shakespeare, this study proposes that the chivalric romance is characterized by a centerless structure, self-conscious fictionality and a propensity for irony. The form is tied to historical reality, yet represents the archetype of imaginative literature, declaring its fictional status without claiming to embody fixed truths"-- Preface -- Part I One; Genesis -- Two; Form and Structure -- Part II Three; Creative Cornerstones: Chrétien de Troyes and the Lancelot-Grail Cycle -- Four; Medieval Masters: Chaucer, Malory, the Lay and the Gawain Poet-- Five; Renaissance Refashionings: Ariosto, Spenser and Shakespeare