| Description |
1 online resource (xiii, 240 pages) |
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Cambridge studies in medieval literature ; 32 |
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Cambridge studies in medieval literature ; 32.
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| Contents |
pt. 1. Floire and Blancheflor as Peregrinus. 1. Texts and origins -- pt. 2. The road to conversion. 2. Cunning and ingenuity or Divine Intervention? 3. Signs, wonders and the telling of the tale. 4. Routes of conversion: time and space. 5. Generic crossroads. Epilogue: Poetics of continuation -- App. A. Cronica de Flores y Blancaflor: the reign of King Fines and King Flores -- App. B. Table of important characters and placenames in major European versions of Floire and Blacheflor |
| Summary |
This comparative 1997 study examines a medieval love story, Floire and Blancheflor, and shows how writers from Spain, France, Italy, England and Scandinavia reworked the story from the twelfth to the sixteenth century to develop and emphasize social, political, religious and artistic goals, while maintaining its entertaining qualities. It shows the importance of a little-known medieval Spanish version to the development of the story throughout Europe, and especially as a precursor to Boccaccio's Il Filocolo, and examines important issues of the development of prose fiction in medieval and Renaissance Europe. This study is unique for its breadth of coverage of one story and for its inclusion of Spain as a significant participant in the development of medieval narrative |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 210-230) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| SUBJECT |
Floire et Blancheflor (Romance) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n89627649
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Floire et Blancheflor (Romance) fast |
| Subject |
Literature, Medieval -- History and criticism.
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Romances -- History and criticism
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TRAVEL -- Special Interest -- Literary.
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- General.
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Literature, Medieval
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Romances
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
0511003749 |
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9780511003745 |
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