Modern and Academic Reception of the Popular Romance

Author / Editor
Rushton, Cory James.

Title
Modern and Academic Reception of the Popular Romance

Published
Raluca L. Radulescu and Cory James Rushton, eds. A Companion to Medieval Popular Romance (Cambridge: D. S. Brewer, 2009), pp. 165-79.

Description
Rushton suggests that Th and "Sir Gawain and the Green Knight" may be accountable for the lack of sustained academic focus on medieval popular romance. Modern popular fiction, games, and films have, on the other hand, embraced many features of the popular romance. Comments particularly on Thomas Chestre's "Sir Launfal" in light of Th.

Contributor
Radulescu, Raluca L., ed.

Alternative Title
Companion to Medieval Popular Romance.

Chaucer Subjects
Tale of Sir Thopas
Sources, Analogues, and Literary Relations