Noble and Joyous Histories: English Romances, 1375-1650
- Author / Editor
- Ni Cuilleanain, Eilean, and J. D. Pheifer, eds.
Noble and Joyous Histories: English Romances, 1375-1650
- Published
- Dublin: Irish Academic Press, 1993.
- Physical Description
- ix, 292 pp.
- Description
- An introduction and eleven essays consider romances of the English tradition written between the late Middle Ages and Spenser, with recurrent concern for relations to the Continental tradition of romance. Topics include Chaucer, the "Gawain" poet, Arthur, burlesque, Malory, Sidney, and Spenser. For two essays that pertain to Chaucer, search for Noble and Joyous Histories under Alternative Title.
- Contributor
- Pheifer, J. D., ed.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Background and General Criticism.