The Chivalric Romance and the Essence of Fiction.
- Author / Editor
- Cavallaro, Dani.
The Chivalric Romance and the Essence of Fiction.
- Published
- Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland, 2016.
- Physical Description
- vii, 219 pp.
- Description
- Uses selected Arthuriana to describe the development of chivalric romance and offer a descriptive definition of the genre. Emphasizes the non-centered, unstable nature of the romance, although contrasting it with postmodernist works. Notes Chrétien de Troyes as a break-point in Arthuriana and chivalric romance generally. Includes analysis of CT romances, and argues that chivalric romance is the purest fiction in its non-attachment to the real and multiple layerings, both in the narrative and in its symbolic overtures.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Background and General Criticism
Canterbury Tales--General