The Impetus of Amateur Scholarship: Discussing and Editing Medieval Romances in Late-Eighteenth [sic] and Nineteenth-Century Britain

Author / Editor
Santini, Monica.

Title
The Impetus of Amateur Scholarship: Discussing and Editing Medieval Romances in Late-Eighteenth [sic] and Nineteenth-Century Britain

Published
Bern: Peter Lang, 2010.

Physical Description
255 pp.

Description
Tracing the revival of the romance genre, Santini describes in chronological order the work of amateur scholars, editors, and editorial societies that produced editions and commentary on Middle English romances between 1760 and 1860. Comments on the role of Chaucer's popularity in this revival and on his list of romances in Th.

Chaucer Subjects
Chaucer's Influence and Later Allusion
Tale of Sir Thopas