Radial Categories and the Central Romance

Author / Editor
Furrow, Melissa.

Title
Radial Categories and the Central Romance

Published
Florilegium 22 (2005): 121-40.

Description
Clarifies medieval understanding of the romance genre by exploring medieval catalogs of romances and applying George Lakoff's theory of "radial" categories. Includes comments on several of Chaucer's works and on several medieval lists that do not include them.

Chaucer Subjects
Background and General Criticism