| Reviews |
| - 'Medieval Narrative: An Introduction
is an excellent resource for students or non-specialists who have taken a course on medieval literature (particularly on Chaucer) and would like some guidance for further reading or a better sense of medieval ideas about narrative.
' - House Argent, online magazine
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| Description | | - A broad-ranging book which covers ground not matched in any one other work
- Shows readers where to look to widen their awareness of a particularly rich literary field
- Brings together medieval and modern theories of narrative in a jargon-free style
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An introduction to the variety of medieval narrative, intended both for students and more general readers who already know some of the classics of the Middle Ages, such as Beowulf
, the Decameron
and The Canterbury Tales
,, and who wish to venture further. Medieval definitions and theories of narrative are considered in relation to modern narratology and the major medieval types of
narrative are discussed. The perspective in this book is mainly English, with Chaucer as a central figure, but it refers to a range of well-known European texts and writers, such as Marie de France, Cretien de Troyes, the Niebelungenlied
, the Poem of the Cid
, Dante and Boccaccio.
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Readership: English students in the UK, US and elsewhere on Medieval Narratives courses or Medieval Literature survey courses.
| Contents |
1.
Medieval Narrative Theory
2.
Types of Medieval Narrative
3.
Tale Collections
4.
The Canterbury Tales
5.
Longer Narratives
6.
Prologues and Narrators
7.
Composite Narrative
8.
Some Modern Conceptions of Medieval Narrative
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| Authors, editors,
and contributors |
Tony Davenport, Professor of Medieval Literature, University of London (Emeritus)
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