Four Romances of England King Horn, Havelok the Dane, Bevis of Hampton, Athelston

Name: Four Romances of England King Horn, Havelok the Dane, Bevis of Hampton, Athelston
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ISBN: 9781580440172

ISBN-10: 1580440177

ISBN-13: 9781580440172

Edition: 1999

Authors: Ronald B. Herzman, Drake Herzman, Graham Drake, Eve Salisbury

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The romances in this volume contain some of the finest imaginative work of what is known as the Matter of England, the non-Arthurian romances that deal largely with English subjects and locales. They are notable for the attention they pay to the socio-political issues contained within folktale motifs rather than for their interest in the nuances of courtly behavior, and they and other manuscript evidence suggest that romance reading in England was hardly confined to the nobility but became part of the effort of an increasingly prosperous and literate middle class to model itself after the upper class. These romances span a broad period of the Middle Ages, from c. 1225 (King Horn) to c.…

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List price: $39.95
Copyright year: 1999
Publisher: Medieval Institute Publications
Publication date: 4/1/1999
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 398
Size: 7.00" wide x 10.00" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 2.068
Language: English