Medieval Classical Romances: The Perils of Inheritance

Author / Editor
Phillips, Helen.

Title
Medieval Classical Romances: The Perils of Inheritance

Published
Rosalind Field, Phillipa Hardman, and Michelle Sweeney, eds. Christianity and Romance in Medieval England. Christianity and Culture: Issues in Teaching and Research (Cambridge: D. S. Brewer, 2010), pp. 3-25.

Series
Christianity and Culture: Issues in Teaching and Research.

Description
Surveys the treatment of classical material in medieval romances (arranged by topic), exploring where and how the romance authors engage the status and validity of their pre-Christian material. Comments on KnT and TC.

Contributor
Field, Rosalind, ed.
Hardman, Phillipa, ed.
Sweeney, Michelle, ed.

Alternative Title
Christianity and Romance in Medieval England.

Chaucer Subjects
Knight and His Tale
Troilus and Criseyde
Sources, Analogues and Literary Relations