The Impetus of Amateur Scholarship: Discussing and Editing Medieval Romances in Late-Eighteenth [sic] and Nineteenth-Century Britain
- Author / Editor
- Santini, Monica.
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